uropoieticadj.
/jʊərəʊpɔɪˈɛtɪk/ Concerned with, of or pertaining to, the secretion of urine; secreting or excreting urine.
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urinary1578
urinal1615
uriniferous1744
uropoietic1783
uriniparous1857
1783 H. Watson in Med. Communications 1 234 The uropoetic viscera were not..diseased.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 37 Such an action of the uropoietic organs.
1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 366/1 The uropoietic system..communicates with the respiratory cavity.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals i. 62 Uropoietic organs..are probably represented by the water-vascular system and segmental organs of the worms.
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