micturate
/ˈmɪktjʊreɪt
/verb [no object] formal
Urinate: she became unable to go out for more than about ten minutes without having to micturate...
- On the first day after operation he fully recovered from the general anaesthetic and could micturate voluntarily.
- But she could hardly fail to see the point when McDonald expressed his discomfort at passing miscreants micturating in his minimalist letter box.
- What's more, I knew for a fact he was not shy about micturating in public - a product, no doubt, of his European upbringing.
Derivatives
micturition
/ noun ...- Prior awareness of syncopal events or syncope in association with micturition, defecation, painful stimuli, or the sight of blood suggests a reflex-mediated mechanism.
- The efficacy of the medications was evaluated using urinary diaries documenting frequency of micturition, episodes of urge incontinence and total incontinence episodes.
- Ultrasonography has specific advantages over intravenous urography in the assessment of the lower urinary tract, including a measure of volume after micturition and size and projection of the prostate.
Origin
Mid 19th century: back-formation from micturition, from Latin micturit- 'urinated', from the verb micturire.
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