Urinary means belonging to or related to the parts of a person's body through which urineflows.
[medicine]
...urinary tract infections.
urinary in British English
(ˈjʊərɪnərɪ)
adjective
1. anatomy
of or relating to urine or to the organs and structures that secrete and pass urine
nounWord forms: plural-naries
2.
a reservoir for urine
3. another word for urinal
urinary in American English
(ˈjʊrəˌnɛri)
adjective
1.
of or relating to urine
2.
of the organs involved in the secretion and discharge of urine
Word origin
< L urina, urine + -ary
Examples of 'urinary' in a sentence
urinary
What it doesn't say is that the rumbling boulder is sometimes in their urinary system.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And it contains a frank scene about teenage urinary incontinence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The bacterium causes urinary infections but can also lead to blood poisoning.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is also wise to consider the possibility of urinary infection and treat that concurrently.
Mills, Simon The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism (1985)
An ultrasound was declared normal and she was then told she had a urinary infection.
The Sun (2011)
A healthy urinary system has improved detox capabilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The attendant dangers are urinary problems, infections, infertility and complications in childbirth.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In a study of 278 randomly selected women 30 per cent were suffering urinary problems five years after childbirth.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Your kidneys can become damaged, your whole urinary system is under terrible pressure, your body can go into shock.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Weeks after undergoing the surgery, I still have to wear a pad at all times to cope with urinary incontinence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
urinary
British English: urinary ADJECTIVE
Urinary means belonging to or related to the parts of a person's body through which urine flows.
...urinary tract infections.
American English: urinary
Brazilian Portuguese: urinário
Chinese: 泌尿的
European Spanish: urinario
French: urinaire
German: Harn-
Italian: urinario
Japanese: 泌尿器の
Korean: 비뇨기의
European Portuguese: urinário
Latin American Spanish: urinario
All related terms of 'urinary'
urinary tract
the organs in the body that produce and excrete urine
urinary bladder
a distensible membranous sac in which the urine excreted from the kidneys is stored
urinary tubule
any of the long, winding tubules of the vertebrate kidney in which urine is formed
urinary calculus
a calculus in the urinary tract
urinary infection
An infection is a disease caused by germs or bacteria.
urinary tract infection
infection of any part of the urinary tract , esp. the urethra or bladder , usually caused by a bacterium , Escherichia coli , and often precipitated by increased sexual activity, vaginitis, enlargement of the prostate , or stress