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Urethra

//jʊəˈɹiːθɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
  2. 2
    duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

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