ureter

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/jʊəˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/

noun

Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

OriginAncient Greek οὐρητήρ →
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Meanings

nounureter (plural ureters)

plural ureters

  1. anatomyEither of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekοὐρητήρ
  2. Englishureter

From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).

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Translations

Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ
  • οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Arabic حَالِب
  • حَالِب (ḥālib)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Bulgarian пикочопрово́д
  • пикочопрово́д (pikočoprovód)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Catalan urèter
  • urèternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Chinese Mandarin 輸尿管 /输尿管
  • 輸尿管 /输尿管 (shūniàoguǎn)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Czech močovod
  • močovodnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Danish urinleder
  • urinledernarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Esperanto uretero
  • ureteronarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Estonian kusejuha
  • kusejuhanarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Finnish virtsanjohdin
  • virtsanjohdinnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
French uretère
  • uretèrenarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
German Harnleiter, Ureter
  • Harnleiternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • Ureternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Hebrew שׁוֹפְכָן
  • שׁוֹפְכָן (shofkhán)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Hindi मूत्रनली
  • मूत्रनली (mūtranlī)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Hungarian húgyvezeték
  • húgyvezetéknarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Indonesian ureter
  • ureternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Irish úiréadar
  • úiréadarnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Italian uretere
  • ureterenarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Japanese 尿管, 輸尿管
  • 尿管 (nyōkan)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • 輸尿管 (yunyōkan)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Korean 수뇨관
  • 수뇨관 (sunyogwan)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Latin ūrētēr
  • ūrētērnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Latvian urīnvadi
  • urīnvadinarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Lithuanian šlapimtakis
  • šlapimtakisnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Māori ara mimi
  • ara miminarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Norwegian Bokmål urinleder
  • urinledernarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Polish moczowód
  • moczowódnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Portuguese uréter, ureter
  • uréternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • ureternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Romanian ureter
  • ureternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Russian мочето́чник, уретра
  • мочето́чник (močetóčnik)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • уретра (uretra)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Slovak močovod
  • močovodnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Spanish uréter
  • uréternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Swedish urinledare, uretär
  • urinledarenarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • uretärnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Tagalog daang-ihi
  • daang-ihinarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Thai ท่อไต
  • ท่อไต (tɔ̂ɔ-dtai)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Turkish üreter
  • üreternarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Ukrainian сечові́д
  • сечові́д (sečovíd)narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
Vietnamese ống dẫn đái, niệu quản
  • ống dẫn đáinarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys
  • niệu quảnnarrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

ureter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ureter

MLA

“ureter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ureter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ureter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ureter.

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