ureter

ureter
n.
either of a pair of tubes, 25–30 cm long, that conduct urine from the pelvis of kidneys to the bladder. The walls of the ureters contain thick layers of smooth muscle, which contract to force urine into the bladder, between an outer fibrous coat and an inner mucous layer.
Derivatives:
ureteric adj.
Derivatives:
ureteral

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  • uréter — m. anat. Conducto fibrosomuscular que se extiende desde la pelvis renal hasta la vejiga y por donde se excreta la orina. Medical Dictionary. 2011. uréter …   Diccionario médico

  • ureter — URETÉR, uretere, s.n. Fiecare dintre cele două canale cilindrice subţiri, membranoase, care unesc bazinetul cu vezica urinară. – Din fr. uretère. Trimis de valeriu, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  uretér s. n., pl. uretére Trimis de siveco,… …   Dicționar Român

  • urétér- — ⇒URÉTÉR(O) , (URÉTÉR , URÉTÉRO )élém. formant Élém. tiré du gr. « uretère », entrant dans la constr. de termes de méd.; le 2e élém. est gén. un élém. formant tiré du gr. V. urétéral (rem. s.v. uretère), urétérite (dér. s.v. uretère) et aussi:… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ureter(o)- — [ureter, q.v.] a combining form denoting relationship to the ureter …   Medical dictionary

  • ureter — 1570s, from medical L. ureter, from Gk. oureter, from ourein to urinate, from ouron (see URINE (Cf. urine)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ureter — s. m. [Anatomia] Cada um dos canais que conduzem a urina dos rins para a bexiga.   ♦ Grafia em Portugal: uréter …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • uréter — s. m. [Anatomia] Cada um dos canais que conduzem a urina dos rins para a bexiga. • [Portugal] Plural: ureteres.   ♦ Grafia no Brasil: ureter …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Ureter — U*re ter (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Urine}.] (Anat.) The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Urēter — (gr), Harnleiter. Daher ureteralgie, Schmerz in den Harnleitern. Ureterische Arterien (Arteriae uretericae), aus den Nieren , Samen , hypogastrischen Arterien, auch wohl aus der Aorta an die Harnleiter gehende Arterienzweige Ureterische Nerven… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Urēter — (lat.), Harnleiter, s. Nieren …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ureter — Urēter (grch.), der Harnleiter, in dem der Urin von der Niere in die Blase gelangt; Ureterītis, Harnleiterentzündung; Ureterotomīe, die operative Eröffnung des Harnleiters behufs Steinextraktion …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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