Medical Root
urin/o
urine, urinary tract
From Latin urina, urine
Meaning
What does urin/o mean?
urin/o is a root meaning urine, urinary tract. It comes from Latin urina, urine.
Inside words it is spelled urin.
Latin twin of Greek ur/o; it turns up mostly in everyday words such as urinary and urinate.
In real words
Medical words with urin/o
relating to urine or to the organs that make, store and pass it
an instrument that measures the specific gravity of urine
a collection of urine that has leaked out of the urinary tract and pooled in the body
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