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uriniferous

[ yoor-uh-nif-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. conveying urine.


uriniferous

/ ËŒÂáÊŠÉ™°ùɪˈ²Ôɪ´ÚÉ™°ùÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. conveying urine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of uriniferous1

First recorded in 1735–45; urine + -i- + -ferous
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Hemorrhages into the stroma of the kidneys, the Malpighian tufts, and the uriniferous tubules arrest urinary secretion, and thus entail death.

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Its action is certainly not that of a direct h�mostatic, but by setting up currents through the kidneys, and perhaps by some solvent power over exudations in the uriniferous tubules, it has acted as a renal deobstructive.

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But, as a general thing, diphtheria must be looked upon as a constitutional disease, giving rise to local phenomena, in the same way as scarlatina does on the skin, on the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal, and in the uriniferous tubules; measles on the skin and respiratory mucous membrane; or typhoid in the lymph-follicles and on the mucous membrane of the intestine; or, in other words, the diphtheritic poison may enter the system locally through a defective, or sore, or wounded integument or through the lungs.

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Female Parts.—H�morrhage, chronic leucorrhœa, in connection with copious, watery urine and sediments of mucous particles and uriniferous tubules; epithelium.

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Despite its loud gloom, its indecent crowding, its filth and uriniferous odors, New York City's swift, nickel-fare, 244-mile municipal subway system is the envy of other U.S. cities.

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