🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

배뇨하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baenyo-hada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Urinate/ˈjʊə.rɪ.neɪt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"환자는 소변 검사를 위해 배뇨하다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To discharge urine from the body.

    "The patient was instructed to provide a sample when they next need to urinate."
  2. 2

    To pass liquid waste through the urethra.

    "Nature calls, and I need to stop to urinate during our long road trip."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin urinatus, past participle of urinari meaning 'to dive' or connected to urina ('urine'), tracing back to Greek ouron. The medical and formal term entered English in the late 19th century as a precise physiological descriptor.

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