urine
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- noun
- /ˈjʊrɪn/
:
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- If that is in your urine, then it shows that you're pregnant.
- a urine sample
- a urine test
- collect urine
Now we're not doing urine or feces.
- Now we're not doing urine or feces.
- So my house smells like dog urine and cannabis.
- But I've used the synthetic urine and piss clean.
- You know, the streets of any major city stank from urine and manure from horses.
- We do blood, urine, stool, sweat, we do all of that.
- I can't get no urine sample.
- If that is in your urine, then it shows that you're pregnant.
- You they would take children's urine and they would die.
- It looks like it's urine but it's not.
Examples
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Blood, of course, but also perspiration, sputum, urine, or just about anything else.
Fiction book (1994) -
The investigators took blood and urine samples from the children and dust samples from the homes.
Academic text (2008) -
I still do a urine analysis, OK?
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What are they gonna do next, give you guys urine tests?
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Blood and hair and urine samples.
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You might recognize this as a urine sample container.
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Matt has blood in his urine, his creatine levels are up...
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Homocystine was not detected in plasma or urine, and there was no evidence of liver disease.
Academic text (1991) -
The mycoplasma was not found in the urine of 98 healthy control subjects.
Academic text (1991) -
The doctor requested a urine sample to check for any abnormalities.
Synonyms
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9.9
The liquid the body sends out when a person pees
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3.0
The yellow liquid the body makes and gets rid of
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8.3
The yellow liquid that comes from the body when you pass urine
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6.0
A child's word for pee
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9.4
A childish word for pee that children use
Compounds
- Specialized
A rare inherited illness that makes urine smell like maple syrup and can cause brain damage or death in babies
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Urine comes from the Latin word urina, which simply meant 'urine' or the body's waste liquid. You can see the same root in English words like urinal and urinate, so it's easy to remember that urine is the pale yellow liquid the body passes.