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urodæum, -eum Zool.|jʊərəʊˈdiːəm|
Pl. -æa, -ea.
[mod.L., irreg. f. uro-1 + Gr. ὁδαῖος on or by the way.]
The part of the cloaca into which the urinary ducts open.
1888H. Gadow in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CLXXVIII. 28, I propose to designate the typical urino-genital and fæcal chambers the Urodæum and Coprodæum in accordance with Professor E. Ray Lankester's terms Stomodæum and Proctodæum. 1897Parker & Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. xiii. 368 The cloaca is a large chamber divided into three compartments, the coprodæum.., the urodæum.., and the proctodæum. 1959W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. xi. 444 Urine formed in the kidney is concentrated in the cloacal chambers (urodeum and coprodeum) where water is absorbed through the walls. 1975Nature 17 Jan. 217/2 At the other end, the proctodeum opens into urodeum leading to the coprodeum. |