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MICTURITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The discharge of urine
Synonyms:
micturition; urination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("micturition" is a kind of...):
elimination; evacuation; excreting; excretion; voiding (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "micturition"):
leak; making water; passing water; wetting (a euphemism for urination)
lithuresis (passing small stones with the urine)
nocturia; nycturia (excessive urination at night; especially common in older men)
oliguria (production of an abnormally small amount of urine)
pee; peeing; piss; pissing (informal terms for urination)
Derivation:
micturate (eliminate urine)
