URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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Word part for urethra?
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urethr/o
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ureter/o
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-uria
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-ectasis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As we have seen, the urethr-part of the word means “urethra.” The second part of the word, -ectomy, means “excision, removal.” Urtherectomy literally translates to “urethra removal.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Listen to pronunciation. (yoo-REE-thruh) The tube through which urine leaves the body. It empties urine from the bladder.
Detailed explanation-3: -ureter (n.) 1570s, from medical Latin ureter, from Greek oureter “urinary duct of the kidneys, ‘’ from ourein “to urinate, ‘’ from ouron (see urine). Related: Ureteral.
Detailed explanation-4: -ureteric (ureter/ic) pertains to the ureter, the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
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