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Noun

urination

n. uncountable
C1 Advanced UK /jˌɔːɹɪnˈeɪʃən/ uri·na·tion UK spelling urinations

n.the act of passing urine from the body. It is a medical or scientific word for going to the bathroom to pee.

n.the physiological process of expelling urine from the body. Often used in medical, biological, or clinical contexts to describe the excretory function.


SIMPLE

Frequent urination is a common symptom of this illness.

CONTEXTUAL

The doctor asked the patient to keep a diary of their urination patterns to monitor kidney health.

COMPLEX

In many desert-dwelling mammals, the process of urination is highly concentrated to minimize water loss, allowing them to survive in environments with scarce liquid resources.

That attachment is critical because one of the urinary tract's physical defenses is urination itself, according to Subash.

Phys.org· 12 Sept 2026

Nineteenth-century Paris tackled public urination with ornate pissoirs .

JSTOR Daily· 19 Aug 2026

From urinate + -ion.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Level C1 · Advanced
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