▪ I. ˈurinary, n. ? Obs.
[ad. med.L. ūrīnāri-um, f. L. ūrīnāre to urine. Cf. F. urinoir.]
† a. (See first quot.) Obs.—0 b. = urinal n. 5.
| 1828–32 Webster, Urinary, Urinarium,..a reservoir or place for the reception of urine, &c., for manure. 1836 J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. (ed. 2) 135 The chloruret of lime may also be..used in the disinfection of water-closets, urinaries,..hospital-wards, &c. |
▪ II. urinary, a.
(ˈjʊərɪnərɪ)
[ad. med.L. *ūrīnāri-us (whence It., Sp., Pg. urinario, It. orinario, F. urinaire), f. ūrīna urine n.1]
1. Affording passage to, effecting or assisting in the secretion and discharge of, urine.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man v. 83 The begynnyng of the Urinarie passage. 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme ii. xxvi. 235 The decoction..casteth out grauell contained in the vrinarie vessels. 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. ii. i. 52 A stoppage of the Liuer, kidneyes, and the vrinarie vessels. 1688 [see 3 a]. 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Bladder, From whence it takes various Denominations, as Urinary-Bladder, Gall-Bladder, &c. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules of Diet in Aliments, etc. i. 358 Everything which drives the Blood into the Urinary Canals. 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. xi. 488 The alkaline solution..is apt..to prove irritating to the urinary passages. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 50/1 Indicating..the state of the urinary system. 1864 Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 2) 93 It is desirable to keep uric acid in solution during its transit through the urinary organs. 1877 Rosenthal Muscles & Nerves (1881) 98 The urinary duct, in which each drop of urine leaving the kidneys produces a wave which propagates itself..to the urinary bladder. |
2. Of the nature of urine; excreted as urine.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. v. 239 Whereby it [sc. the bladder] dischargeth the waterish and urinary part of its aliment. 1822 Good Study Med. IV. 500 The urinary secretion in a state of health is one of the most compound fluids of the animal system. 1872 Huxley Physiol. v. 105 The urinary fluid flows..into the bladder. 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (ed. 4) 129 Citrate of potash sits easily upon the stomach, and..slightly increases the urinary water. |
† b. = urinous a. 1. Obs.—1
| 1819 Rees' Cycl. XXXVII. s.v., Some urinary salts crystallize when precipitated. |
3. a. Adapted for using on the urinary passage.
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xx. (Roxb.) 237/2 The Lapidillum..ia a spoon..; with it the stone is taken out of the Urinary passages. Some call it the Urinary Probe. |
b. Adapted for receiving or containing urine.
| 1822 Good Study Med. IV. 494 In incontinence of urine.., the patient will find it very convenient to be provided with a light urinary receptacle. |
4. a. Lodged or formed in the urinary organs or bladder; excreted in the urine.
| c 1793 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 91/2 Urinary calculi. 1797 Wollaston in Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 386 On Gouty and Urinary Concretions. 1808 Nicholson's Jrnl. XX. 317 Analysis of a Urinary Calculus. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VII. 580 Of Urinary Deposits. Ibid., Precipitable substances..which..form urinary sediments. 1857 Dunglison Med. Lex. 427/2 Diabetic, Urinary, and Hepatic sugar. 1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 65 The urinary alkaloid obtained by Pouchet. |
b. Of or pertaining to, affecting or occurring in, the urinary system or organs.
| 1822 [see urinal a. 1 b]. 1828–32 Webster s.v., Urinary abscesses. 1845 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. I. 59 Laws of much importance in urinary pathology. 1874 Van Buren Dis. Genit. Org. 1 Its urinary function is purely secondary. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 478 When lessened urinary excretion is purely functional in its origin. 1890 Lancet 14 June 1295/1 Urinary fever is believed by some to be neurotic in its origin. |