Morpheme
Ure
Type
bound base
Denotation
make water, urinate
Etymology
Ancient Greek ourēin, from oûron
Evidence
cystoureteropyelonephritis, hydroureteronephrosis, nephroureterolithiasis, periureteral, transureteroureterostomy, ureteral, ureteric, ureterocele, ureterocervical, ureterocutaneostomy, ureterocutaneous, ureterocystoneostomy, ureterocystoplasty, ureteroenteric, ureterogenital, ureterogram, ureterograph, ureteroileal, ureterointestinal, ureterolith, ureterolithiasis, ureterolithotomy, ureterolithotripsy, ureterolysis, ureteroneocystostomy, ureteronephrectomy, ureteropathy, ureteropelvic, ureteroproctostomy, ureteropyelography, ureteropyeloscopy, ureterorenal, ureterorenoscopy, ureterosigmoidostomy, ureterostenosis, ureterostomy, ureteroureterostomy, ureterouterine, ureterovaginal, ureterovesical, ureters, urethra, urethrae, urethral, urethritis, urethrorrhagia, urethroscope, vesicoureteral, vesicoureteric
Modern Base Analysis
<Urethr> denoting “urethra”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -ethra, -ethrae, -ethral, -ethritis, -ethro
from urethra, from <Ure + -ethra>, from Ancient Greek ourḗthra, from ourēin + -ḗthra
urethra, urethrae, urethral, urethritis, urethrorrhagia, urethroscope
See Also
Urone, Ur(e) [Ure, Ur], -ethra, -ethrae, -ethral, -ethritis, -ethro
