Meanings
plural micturitions
- countableuncountablemedicineUrination.
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For those unlucky enough to be on a service without lavatory provision, we can only speculate as to how passengers improvised if caught short. For men, it might be possible to urinate, albeit at the risk of offending fellow passengers - there were reports of passengers being hauled up before the courts for 'micturition' in coaches during the 19th century.
2020 January 2, Dr Mike Esbester, “Waste disposal...”, in Rail, page 36Synonyms: call of nature, easement, emiction, leak, making water, miction, number one, pee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUrination.
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Origin
- Latinmicturio“to urinate”
- Englishmicturition
From Latin micturio (“to urinate”).
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Chinese Mandarin 排尿, 撒尿
- 排尿 (páiniào)physiology: urination
- 撒尿 (sāniào)physiology: urination
- 泌尿 (mìniào)physiology: urination
Czech močení
- močeníphysiology: urination
Finnish virtsaaminen
- virtsaaminenphysiology: urination
French miction
- mictionphysiology: urination
German Miktion, Urinieren
- Miktionphysiology: urination
- Urinierenphysiology: urination
- Harnlassenphysiology: urination
Hebrew השתנה
- השתנה (ha'shta'na)physiology: urination
Hindi मूत्रण
- मूत्रण (mūtraṇ)physiology: urination
Hungarian vizelés
- vizelésphysiology: urination
Italian minzione
- minzionephysiology: urination
Japanese 排尿, 放尿
- 排尿 (hainyō)physiology: urination
- 放尿 (hōnyō)physiology: urination
Portuguese micção
- micçãophysiology: urination
Russian мочеиспуска́ние
- мочеиспуска́ние (močeispuskánije)physiology: urination
Spanish micción
- micciónphysiology: urination
Swedish urinering
- urineringphysiology: urination
Cite this entry
micturition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micturition
“micturition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micturition. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micturition,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micturition.
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