urinate

UK/ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/US/ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/

verbB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,011 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: urinating, urinated, urinates

To urinate is to pass water from the body. Urinate frequently, need to urinate, urinate in public.

It is the clinical word, and it is what a doctor or a notice uses where ordinary speech has a dozen informal alternatives. Needing to urinate often is a symptom worth reporting rather than an embarrassment.

Definitions of urinate

1verburinateTo pass water from the body.B2
“Patients are asked to urinate before the scan.”

urinate is a bodily function.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin urinare comes from urina, urine, which is related to Greek ouron.

Medieval Latin
urinātus
English, today
urinate

Built from

urinō · Medieval Latin — urinate

Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

urinate in the wild

Symptoms include feeling the need to urinate right away, needing to urinate often, bladder pain (pain in the organ) and pain with sex.
Interstitial cystitis
Symptoms may include frequent urination, trouble starting to urinate, weak stream, inability to urinate, or loss of bladder control.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Frequent urination is strongly associated with frequent incidents of urinary urgency, which is the sudden need to urinate.
Frequent urination
Urinary frequency is defined as urinating more than about 7-8 times in one day.
Overactive bladder
The frequent need to urinate may occur during the day, at night, or both.
Overactive bladder

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