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Definition of: ureter
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·rē′tər) noun Anat.
The duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or the cloaca. [<NL <Gk. ourētēr <ourein urinate]
—u·re′ter·al, u·re·ter·ic (yr′ə·ter′ik) adjective
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