urinary

From New Latin ūrīnārius,^[1] equivalent to urine +‎ -ary.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/

urinary (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to urine, its production, function, or excretion.
   • 2024 July 10, “Network News: 'Boys Need Bins' backed by GTR”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 23:

     The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence.

2. Of or relating to the organs involved in the formation and excretion of urine.

• uretic
• -uretic
• urino-
• urinal (adjective)

• urology

urinary (plural urinaries)

1. (archaic) A urinary device or fixture: a urinal.
   • 1864 January 26, J.G. Lindsay, letter to P.P.L. O'Connel, §8:

     Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and clean...

• See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:chamber pot