different between urethra vs urethrostomy

English

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ??????? (our?thra, “the passage for urine”), from ????? (ouré?, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /j???i????/

Noun

urethra (plural urethras or urethrae)

1. (anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in penises, through which semen is ejaculated.

Derived terms

• urethritis

Translations

See also

• ureter
• urinary tract

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?r?thra, from Ancient Greek ??????? (our?thra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y?re?.tra?/
• Hyphenation: ure?thra

Noun

urethra f (plural urethrae or urethra's)

1. urethra

   Synonyms: urinebuis, urinekanaal, urineleider

Derived terms

• urethraal

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (our?thra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u??re?.t?ra/, [u???e?t???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u?re.tra/, [u????t???]

Noun

?r?thra f (genitive ?r?thrae); first declension

1. (anatomy) urethra

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• urethra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urethra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

urethro- +? -stomy

Noun

urethrostomy (plural urethrostomies)

1. (surgery) A procedure that creates a permanent opening in the urethra, typically to remove obstructions to the flow of urine.