PATHOLOGY MCQ
URINARY SYSTEM
Question
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Word root for ureter?
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ureter/o
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urethr/o
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-uria
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-ectasis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1570s, from medical Latin ureter, from Greek oureter “urinary duct of the kidneys, ‘’ from ourein “to urinate, ‘’ from ouron (see urine).
Detailed explanation-2: -(YER-eh-ter) The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Detailed explanation-3: -Etymology. A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
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