ureter

noun

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

noun

The excretory duct of the kidney; a tube conveying the renal excretion (urine) to the bladder, when that structure exists, as in mammals, or into the cloaca, in case no bladder exists—in any case, into the lower part of the allantoic cavity of the fetus, however modified in adult life. See cut under kidney.

noun

The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.

noun

Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

noun

either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder