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urethra

u·re·thra [ y rthrə ] (plural u·re·thras or u·re·thrae [ y r three ])


noun 
Definition:
 
tube for discharging urine: the tube in mammals that carries urine from the bladder out of the body and in the male also carries semen during ejaculation

[Mid-17th century. Via late Latin< Greek ourēthra< Greek ourein "urinate" (see ureter)]

u·re·thral adjective
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