urethra
/jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/US/jʊˈɹiθɹə/
urethra noun: the tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Noun
urethra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
urethra in Hindi
- anatomical tube
- मूत्रमार्ग mūtramārg
urethra in Tamil
- சிறுநீர் ஒழுக்குக்குழாய், சிறுநீர்ப்பைக் குழாய், சிறுநீர் இறக்குக் குழாய், சிறுநீர்வழி
urethra in Urdu
- anatomical tube
- موترمارگ mūtramārg
urethra in Bengali
- anatomical tube
- মূত্রনালি mutronali, মূত্রনালী mutronali
More languagesFewer languages
- urethra in Telugu
- ప్రసేకం prasēkaṁ
- urethra in Sanskrit
- मूत्रमार्ग mūtramārga
- urethra in Arabic
- إِحْلِيل ʔiḥlīl
- urethra in Indonesian
- uretra
- urethra in Persian
- میزراه
- urethra in Thai
- ท่อปัสสาวะ tɔ̂ɔ-bpàt-sǎa-wá
- urethra in Vietnamese
- ống đái, ống dẫn nước tiểu, niệu đạo
- Dhivehi
- ކުޑަކަމުދާ ހޮޅި kuḍakamudā hoḷi
Examples of urethra in a sentence
- As the prostate enlarges with age, it squeezes the urethra that passes through it and can disrupt normal urinary function.
- The authors used a hairless skin from the forearm for prelamination on gracilis to avoid hair formation within the urethra.
- The inner part, the so-called lissosphincter, surrounds the urethra and is formed by circular and longitudinally oriented smooth muscle cell layers.
Forms of urethra
| plural | urethras |
|---|---|
| plural | urethrae |
Origin of urethra
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
Words formed from urethra
Questions about urethra
- What does urethra mean?
- Urethra means the tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
- What is urethra in Hindi?
- Urethra in Hindi is मूत्रमार्ग (mūtramārg). See Urethra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is urethra?
- Urethra is a noun.
- How do you pronounce urethra?
- Urethra is pronounced /jʊəˈɹiːθɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of urethra?
- The plural of urethra is urethras.
Words near urethra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: urethra (page history and authors); urethra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मूत्रमार्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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