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Urethra

The canal by which the urine is conducted from the bladder and discharged.

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Canal 76% connected

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Duct 76% connected

Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

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Urethral 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the urethra.

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Urethral 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the urethra.

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Member 70% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Penis 70% connected

The male member, or organ of generation.

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Phallus 70% connected

The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

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Vulva 70% connected

The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.

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Kidney noun · 85% connection

either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "u…

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Ureter noun · 85% connection

either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Bladder noun · 78% connection

A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especiall…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Bureaucracy noun · 78% connection

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…

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Catheter noun · 78% connection

The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladde…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Clancular adjective · 78% connection

Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Clinical test noun · 78% connection

a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted un…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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clinical trial noun · 78% connection

a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted un…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Cyst noun · 78% connection

In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Diabetes noun · 78% connection

A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quanti…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Enuresis noun · 78% connection

An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: canal, urine, conducted, bladder, discharged.
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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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