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nouneither of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Definition that contains ureter
- pelvis a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- cystitis inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters
- ureteritis inflammation of the ureter
- ureterostenosis stenosis of the ureter
- hydronephrosis accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter
- renal artery an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
- ureterocele prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow
- vesicoureteral reflux a backflow of urine from the bladder into the ureter
- intravenous pyelogram X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye
- renal colic sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter