URINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urine mean? 

• URINE (noun)
  The noun URINE has 1 sense:

1. liquid excretory product

  Familiarity information: URINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Liquid excretory product

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pee; piddle; piss; urine; water; weewee

Context example:

the child had to make water

Hypernyms ("urine" is a kind of...):

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

Derivation:

urinary (of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine)

urinate (eliminate urine)

 Context examples 

It is also used to treat a higher-than-normal amounts of calcium in the blood or urine.

(Mithracin, NCI Dictionary)

The determination of the number of mixed casts present in a urine sample.

(Mixed Cast Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory test result indicating the presence of an abnormally high level of monoclonal immunoglobulins in the blood or urine.

(Monoclonal Gammopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A small protein normally found on the surface of many cells, including lymphocytes, and in small amounts in the blood and urine.

(Beta-2-microglobulin, NCI Dictionary)

A recent study revealed biomarker combinations in urine that are unique to prostate cancer and 2 of its stages.

(Biomarker Signatures of Prostate Cancer, NIH)

The scientists screened about 26,000 compounds for their ability to inhibit a specific potassium channel, called Kir1, that’s involved in urine production.

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

The results confirmed that eating more salt led to a higher salt content in urine — no surprise there.

(Salty Diet Makes You Hungry, Not Thirsty, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A laboratory test result indicating the presence of high levels of beta-2 microglobulin in blood or urine, exceeding 5.5 g/mL.

(Beta-2 Microglobulin Greater than 5.5 g/mL, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the most common urologic disorder in men, causing blockage of urine flow.

(Benign prostatic hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of bacterial casts present in a urine sample.

(Bacterial Cast Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)