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Origin and history of ureter

ureter(n.)

"tube in the body conveying urine from a kidney to the bladder," 1570s, from medical Latin ureter, from Greek oureter "urinary duct of the kidneys," from ourein "to urinate," from ouron (see urine). Related: Ureteral.

also from 1570s

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urine(n.)

"waste product of the digestive system normally discharged from the bladder," also as a diagnostic tool in medicine and an ingredient in household preparations, c. 1300, from Old French orine, urine (12c.) and directly from Latin urina "urine," from PIE *ur-, which is regarded as the source also of Greek ouron "urine." It is held to be a variant of root *we-r- "water, liquid, milk" (source also of Sanskrit var "water," Avestan var "rain," Lithuanian jūrės "sea," Old English wær, Old Norse ver "sea," Old Norse ur "drizzling rain"), which is related to *eue-dh-r (see udder).

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