What it means
The combining form for the urethrayoo-REE-thruhThe tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.Full entry . Urethritis is inflammation of the urethra, often from a sexually transmitted infection; a urethral catheter is passed through it into the bladder; urethral stricture is a narrowing of it. Do not confuse it with ureter/o, the ureters, which carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
At a glance
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