ureter

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If you have a stone lodged in your ureter or have an area that needs more study in your ureter, your doctor may recommend a ureteroscopy, usually with general or regional anesthesia.

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  1. noun The long, narrow duct that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder or cloaca.

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  1. New Latin ūrētēr, from Greek ourētēr, from ourein, to urinate.

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  1. from Greek οὐρητήρ, the urethra, also one of the urinary ducts of the kidneys, from οὐρεῖν, urinate, from οὐρον, urine: see urine.
 

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