a. Anat. [ad. mod.L. ūrīniferus: see URINE sb.1 and -(I)FEROUS, and cf. F. urinifère.] Conveying urine. Usu. with duct, tubule, or (most freq.) tube.

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1744.  trans. Boerhaave’s Inst., III. 151. I therefore concluded … that the Blood … had dilated the uriniferous Ducts of the Kidneys.

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1831.  R. Knox, Cloquet’s Anat., 799. The inner [membrane] … even introduces itself into the uriniferous tubes.

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1857.  G. Bird, Urin. Deposits (ed. 5), 142. A uriniferous tubule.

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1880.  Brady, Copepoda, III. 18. The hinder portion of the alimentary canal is perhaps also uriniferous, but there exist near the bases of the foot-jaws other glandular organs, which may have a renal function.

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