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Definition: Urinary |
UrinaryAdjective1. Of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine. 2. Of or relating to the urinary system of the body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "urinary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Urinary \U"ri*na*ry\, adjective. [Latin urina urine: compare to French urinaire.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Having to do with urine or the organs of the body that produce and get rid of urine. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Line drawing showing stomach, backbone, liver and urinary tract of a woman. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | This bacterium causes urinary tract infections, respiratory system infections, dermatitis, soft tissue infections, bacteremia and a variety of systemic infections, particularly in cancer and AIDS patients who are immunosuppressed. Credit: CDC. |
 | Enterococcus (streptococcus) faecalis is a normal inhabitant of intestinal tract, and female genital tract, and is occasionally associated with urinary tract infection, bacteremia and bacterial endocarditis. Credit: CDC. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Stones in the urinary system. (references) | |
An x-ray of the urinary tract. (references) | ||
The result is urinary obstruction. (references) | ||
Human Rights | China | According to government officials, he suffered from a variety of ailments, including digestive, urinary, kidney, and liver problems. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Urinary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.98% of the time. "Urinary" is used about 196 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.98% | 194 | 22,014 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.51% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.51% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 196 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "urinary": inflammation of the urinary tract ♦ Reproductive and Urinary Physiology ♦ stress urinary ♦ stress urinary incontinence ♦ urge urinary incontinence ♦ urinary apparatus ♦ urinary bladder ♦ Urinary Calculi ♦ urinary calculus ♦ Urinary Catheterization ♦ Urinary Diversion ♦ Urinary Fistula ♦ urinary hesitancy ♦ urinary incontinence ♦ Urinary odor ♦ urinary organ ♦ urinary pigments ♦ Urinary Plasminogen Activator ♦ Urinary Retention ♦ urinary system ♦ urinary tract ♦ urinary tract infection ♦ Urinary Tract Infection [UTI] ♦ Urinary Tract Infection in Women ♦ Urinary Tract Infections ♦ Urinary Tract Physiology ♦ urinary urgency. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "urinary": urinary-tract. | |
Ending with "urinary": genito-urinary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "urinary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i urinës (uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بولي (pissed, uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пикочен (uretic, uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 泌尿. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | moèový (uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | urinvejs-, urinal (urinal, urine-bottle), urin-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | urinarius, urinair, m.b.t.urine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشابی (Uretic, Uric), پیشاب دان (Urinarybladder), ادراری (Uric), بولی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virtsa-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | urinaire (urinary system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | urinarius, urinalis, urinal (urinal), urin- (uric), harn- (uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουρικός (urate), ουρητικόσ (diuretic), ουρητικός, ουροποιητικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משת " (changeable, changing, differential, mutable, uneven, urinal, variable), של שתן (uric), שת י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vizelési, húgy- (uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jalan perkencingan (urinary tract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | urinario. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 泌尿器 (urinary organs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひにょうき (urinary organs), ぼう"う (act of violence, assault, outrage, steel rod, urinary bladder), にょうか" (court lady, ureter, urinary duct), にょうろ (urinary tract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 오줌 (Pee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moonagh (nephritic, uric), mooiney (urinate, urinating), mooinagh, feaylagh (urinal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inaryuray urinário, urinário. (various references) urinar. (various references) мочевой (uric). (various references) mokraćni (uric). (various references) urinario (urinal). (various references) urin- (uric), pissoar (urinal), nattkärl (chamber pot, urinal). (various references) sidik (pee, piss, stale, urine), idrar (uretic, urine). (various references) сечовий (uric). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "urinary": genitourinary. (additional references) | |
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"Urinary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arinori, Gurpinar, itinery, jurapari, orinery, ruiari, urina, urinari, uriner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "urinary" (pronounced yer"une'rē) |
| 5 | -u n e' r ē | bicentenary, cardiopulmonary, cautionary, centenary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, coronary, counterrevolutionary, culinary, deflationary, dictionary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, functionary, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, luminary, mercenary, missionary, noninflationary, ordinary, preliminary, probationary, pulmonary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, seminary, stationary, stationery, veterinary, visionary. |
| 4 | -n e' r ē | quaternary. |
| 3 | -e' r ē | actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, capillary, Cassowary, cemetery, cometary, commentary, commissary, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, cranberry, customary, depositary, Dewberry, dietary, dignitary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, military, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, nonmilitary, obituary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, primary, proprietary, raspberry, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, solitary, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, vocabulary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-r-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: rainy, unary, urari. | |
-3 letters: airn, airy, ayin, nary, rain, rani, ruin, unai, yarn, yirr, yuan. | |
-4 letters: ain, air, ani, any, nay, ran, ray, ria, rin, run, rya, urn, yar, yin. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, ar, ay, in, na, nu, un, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-r-r-u-y" | |
+2 letters: hurraying, quarrying. | |
+3 letters: quarryings, unliterary. | |
+4 letters: granularity, interlunary, rudimentary. | |
+5 letters: antiburglary, intramurally, reassuringly, renunciatory, triangularly. | |
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