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noun
The process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the discharge of urine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: micturition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
Narrower terms: leak, wetting, making water, passing water, lithuresis, nocturia, nycturia, oliguria, peeing, pee, pissing, piss
History
Etymology tree English urinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English urination From urinate + -ion.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
