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ureter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /jʊəˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ujëhollërrjedhës — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Arabic: حَالِب (ḥālib) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Arabic: حالب (ḥāleb) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Armenian: միզածորան (mizacoran) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Belarusian: мачато́чнік (mačatóčnik) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Bulgarian: пикочопрово́д (pikočoprovód) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Catalan: urèter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輸尿管 /输尿管 (shūniàoguǎn) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Czech: močovod — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Danish: urinleder — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Esperanto: uretero — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Estonian: kusejuha — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Finnish: virtsanjohdin — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • French: uretère — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • German: Harnleiter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • German: Ureter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Ancient Greek: οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹפְכָן (shofkhán) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Hindi: मूत्रनली (mūtranlī) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Hungarian: húgyvezeték — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Indonesian: ureter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Ingrian: kusitrubka — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Irish: úiréadar — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Italian: uretere — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Japanese: 尿管 (nyōkan) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Japanese: 輸尿管 (yunyōkan) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Kashubian: mòczowód — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Kazakh: зәрағар (zärağar) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Kazakh: несепағар (nesepağar) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Korean: 수뇨관 (sunyogwan) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Central Kurdish: میزبۆری (mîzborî) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Northern Kurdish: borrîmîz — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Latin: ūrētēr — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Latvian: urīnvadi — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Lithuanian: šlapimtakis — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Māori: ara mimi — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urinleder — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Polish: moczowód — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Portuguese: uréter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Portuguese: ureter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Romanian: ureter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Russian: мочето́чник (močetóčnik) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Russian: уретра (uretra) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Serbo-Croatian: мокраћовод — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Serbo-Croatian: mokraćovod — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Slovak: močovod — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Slovene: sečevod — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Spanish: uréter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Swedish: urinledare — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Swedish: uretär — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Tagalog: daang-ihi — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Thai: ท่อไต (tɔ̂ɔ-dtai) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Turkish: üreter — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Ukrainian: сечові́д (sečovíd) — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Vietnamese: ống dẫn đái — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Vietnamese: niệu quản — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Volapük: yurinidugian — narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys