Urine

Urine
Urine U"rine, n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to plunge under water, to dive, Gr. ? urine; cf. Skr. v[=a]r water, Icel. ?r drizzling rain, AS. w[ae]r the sea.] (Physiol.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a solid or semisolid excretion. [1913 Webster]

Note: In man, the urine is a clear, transparent fluid of an amber color and peculiar odor, with an average density of 1.02. The average amount excreted in 24 hours is from 40 to 60 ounces (about 1,200 cubic centimeters). Chemically, the urine is mainly an aqueous solution of urea, salt (sodium chloride), and uric acid, together with some hippuric acid and peculiar pigments. It usually has an acid reaction, owing to the presence of acid phosphates of soda or free uric acid. Normally, it contains about 960 parts of water to 40 parts of solid matter, and the daily average excretion is 35 grams (540 grains) of urea, 0.75 gram (11 grains) of uric acid, and 16.5 grams (260 grains) of salt. Abnormally, it may contain sugar as in diabetes, protein as in Bright's disease, bile pigments as in jaundice, or abnormal quantities of some one or more of the normal constituents. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • urine — [ yrin ] n. f. • XIIe var. orine; lat. pop. °aurina, d apr. aurum « or », à cause de la couleur; lat. urina ♦ Liquide organique clair et ambré, limpide, odorant, qui se forme dans le rein, séjourne dans la vessie et est évacué par l urètre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • urine — early 14c., from O.Fr. urine (12c.), from L. urina urine, from PIE *ur (Cf. Gk. ouron urine ), variant of root *awer to moisten, flow (Cf. Skt. var water, Avestan var rain, Lith. jures sea, O.E. wær …   Etymology dictionary

  • urine — Urine, Lotium, Vrina. Quand une urine en pissant est ainsi tortuë comme celle d un porceau qui pisse, Vrina tortuosa. Urine graveleuse, pleine de gravelle. Vrina arenosa …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • urine — [yoor′in] n. [OFr < L urina, urine < IE * ūr , var. of base * awer , to moisten, flow > WATER, Gr ouron, urine] a waste product of vertebrates and many invertebrates, secreted by the kidneys or other excretory structures: in mammals, it… …   English World dictionary

  • Urine — U rine, v. i. To urinate. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • urine — ► NOUN ▪ a pale yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra, consisting of excess water and waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys. ORIGIN Latin urina …   English terms dictionary

  • Urine — (from Latin Urina, ae, f.) is a typically sterile (in the absence of a disease condition)[1] liquid by product of the body that is secreted by the kidneys through a process called urination and excreted through the urethra. Cellular metabolism… …   Wikipedia

  • Urine — Un flacon d urine récolté en vue d analyses en laboratoire. L urine est un liquide organique composé des déchets de l organisme. L urine est secrétée par les reins par filtration du sang, puis par récupération des molécules de l urine… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • urine — (u ri n ) s. f. Liquide excrémentitiel sécrété par les reins, d où il coule, par les uretères, dans la vessie, qui, après l avoir conservé en dépôt pendant quelque temps, le chasse au dehors par l urèthre en se contractant. Suppression d urine.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • urine — /yoor in/, n. the liquid to semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid. [1275 1325; ME < OF < L urina] * * * Liquid solution of metabolic wastes and other, often toxic, substances… …   Universalium

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