In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ureter
(noun) either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ureter (plural ureters)
(anatomy) Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
• Reuter, Rueter
Source: Wiktionary
U*re"ter, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Urine.] (Anat.)
Definition: The duct which conveys the urine from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca. There are two ureters, one for each kidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.