urethra
noun
ure·thra
yu̇-ˈrē-thrə 
plural urethras or urethrae
yu̇-ˈrē-(ˌ)thrē
: the canal that in most mammals carries off the urine from the bladder and in the male serves also as a passageway for semen
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This surgery cuts the vas deferens, which are tubes that carry sperm from the testes to the urethra.
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Claire Gillespie, Health, 19 June 2024
For this, the detrusor muscle must contract forcefully to expel urine, while the sphincter muscles surrounding the urethra simultaneously relax to let urine flow out.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Meanwhile, Simen and Cumilla join the scores of sperm swimming their way out of Jens’ urethra with the high hopes of impregnating Lisa, who keeps trying to thwart them.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
There is at least one way to overcome that obstacle, at least in theory: gene therapies that specifically target bladder tissue because they’ve been directly injected into the detrusor muscle or have been infused via catheter into the urethra.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
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Claire Gillespie, Health, 19 June 2024
For this, the detrusor muscle must contract forcefully to expel urine, while the sphincter muscles surrounding the urethra simultaneously relax to let urine flow out.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Meanwhile, Simen and Cumilla join the scores of sperm swimming their way out of Jens’ urethra with the high hopes of impregnating Lisa, who keeps trying to thwart them.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
There is at least one way to overcome that obstacle, at least in theory: gene therapies that specifically target bladder tissue because they’ve been directly injected into the detrusor muscle or have been infused via catheter into the urethra.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
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urethra
noun
ure·thra
yu̇-ˈrē-thrə
plural urethras or urethrae
-thrē
: a canal that in most mammals carries off urine from the bladder and in the male serves as a passage for the release of semen from the body
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urethra
noun
ure·thra
yu̇-ˈrē-thrə
plural urethras or urethrae
-(ˌ)thrē
: the canal that in most mammals carries off the urine from the bladder and in the male serves also as a passageway for semen
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