"micturition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: micturitions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin micturio (“to urinate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|micturio||to urinate}} Latin micturio (“to urinate”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} micturition (countable and uncountable, plural micturitions)
  1. (physiology) Urination. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily functions, Physiology, Urology Synonyms: urination Derived forms: intermicturition, post-micturition convulsion syndrome Related terms: micturate, micturitional Translations (physiology: urination): 排尿 (páiniào) (Chinese Mandarin), 撒尿 (sāniào) (Chinese Mandarin), 泌尿 (mìniào) (Chinese Mandarin), močení [neuter] (Czech), virtsaaminen (Finnish), miction [feminine] (French), Miktion [feminine] (German), Urinieren [neuter] (German), Harnlassen [neuter] (German), השתנה (ha'shta'na) [feminine] (Hebrew), vizelés (Hungarian), minzione [feminine] (Italian), 排尿 (hainyō) (alt: はいにょう) (Japanese), 放尿 (hōnyō) (alt: ほうにょう) (Japanese), micção [feminine] (Portuguese), мочеиспуска́ние (močeispuskánije) [neuter] (Russian), urinering [common-gender] (Swedish)

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