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systema urogenitale

systema urogenitale

8.2
Body organs that make and pass urine and help with reproduction
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : sistema urogenital
  • The systema urogenitale is essential for both excretion and reproduction in mammals.

Examples

  • Medical students must learn the anatomy of the systema urogenitale in their first year.

  • Any disorders of the systema urogenitale can affect either urinary or reproductive health.

  • The systema urogenitale plays a crucial role in human health.

  • Many diseases can affect the systema urogenitale negatively.

  • Any disorders of the systema urogenitale can affect either urinary or reproductive health.

  • Medical students must learn the anatomy of the systema urogenitale in their first year.

  • The systema urogenitale is essential for both excretion and reproduction in mammals.

Synonyms

urogenital system
vssystema urogenitale
  • Specialized
5.5

An organ system that includes the sex organs and the organs that make and pass urine

is the same idea but recorded using the Latin medical name
genitourinary system
vssystema urogenitale
  • Specialized
5.2

Organs that help people have babies and remove urine

is the same concept but named with an alternative medical prefix
apparatus urogenitalis
vssystema urogenitale
  • Specialized
9.0

A group of body parts used for making babies and passing urine

is the same idea but given under a different Latin medical name
urogenital apparatus
vssystema urogenitale
  • Specialized
9.1

Parts of the body that help make babies and pass urine

is the same concept but expressed with an alternative English technical term
genitourinary apparatus
vssystema urogenitale
  • Specialized
7.4

Body parts that help people have babies and make and pass urine

is the same concept but uses a different term ordering and form

Surface Forms

systema urogenitale singular
systema urogenitalis plural
systema urogenitalis singular

Morphology

systema + urogenitale

Although the items are Latin/medical combining forms rather than everyday English words, if a learner knows 'systema' (system) and 'urogenitale' (urogenital — relating to urinary and reproductive organs) the meaning is directly compositional: the bodily system comprising urinary and reproductive organs. Cognate forms exist across many languages (e.g. sistema urogenital, système urogénital), so the construction is immediately interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Systema urogenitale comes from Latin parts uro meaning 'urine' and genitale meaning 'birth' or 'reproduction'. It names the body system with the organs that make and pass urine and that are used for 'reproduction', so today it means the 'urinary and reproductive system'.