URETHRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urethral mean? 

• URETHRAL (adjective)
  The adjective URETHRAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the urethra

  Familiarity information: URETHRAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URETHRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the urethra

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)

Derivation:

urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)

 Context examples 

It may be used in the treatment of certain types of cancer, such as prostate cancer, urethral cancer, and intraocular (eye) melanoma.

(Active surveillance, NCI Dictionary)

Malignant epithelial tumor arising in the accessory urethral glands.

(Accessory Urethral Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called medicated urethral system for erection.

(MUSE, NCI Dictionary)

The triangular area in the bladder mucosa that is formed by the two ureteral orifices and the urethral orifice.

(Bladder Trigone, NCI Thesaurus)

Alfuzosin selectively binds to and antagonizes alpha-1-adrenergic receptors in smooth muscle of the bladder neck and prostate, thereby relaxing the smooth muscle and decreasing the obstruction and urethral resistance seen with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer.

(Alfuzosin, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers grew human prostate cancer cells in laboratory dishes along with human muscle cells—stand-ins for the smooth muscle surrounding the prostate gland and the striated muscle of the urethral sphincter at the base of the prostate.

(Proximity to muscle cells may promote spread of prostate cancer cells, National Institutes of Health)

Doxazosin mesylate selectively antagonizes alpha-1-adrenergic receptors in smooth muscle of the bladder neck and prostate, thereby relaxing the smooth muscle and decreasing the obstruction and urethral resistance seen with benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).

(Doxazosin mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)