desire to urinate
1urinate — Mimi. Also: mī, pīpī, hanawai; kama, kamahānau (rare). To urinate repeatedly, mimi helele i, mimi hono. To urinate painfully, mimi eha. Desire to urinate, pu u mimi, pu amimi. Inability to urinate, mimi pa a. Urinating… …
2Urination — Manneken Pis, bronze sculpture in Brussels, Belgium Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the… …
3micturition — (n.) 1725, the need very badly to urinate, from L. micturitum, from pp. of micturire to desire to urinate, desiderative of mingere to urinate, from PIE *meigh to urinate (Cf. Skt. mehati urinates; Avestan maezaiti urinates; Gk. omeikhein to… …
4Micturition — Urination, the act of urinating. The word "micturition" comes from the Latin "micturire" which has a slightly different meaning, namely "to want to urinate." [A contribution entitled "Fetal Micturition" to… …
5micturate — intransitive verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Latin micturire to desire to urinate, from meiere to urinate; akin to Old English mīgan to urinate, Greek omeichein Date: 1842 urinate • micturition noun …
6micturate — /mik cheuh rayt /, v.i., micturated, micturating. to pass urine; urinate. [1835 45; < L mictur(ire) to desire to urinate (mict(us), ptp. of mingere to urinate + ur desiderative suffix + i theme vowel + re inf. ending) + ATE1] * * * …
7nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
8micturate — mic•tu•rate [[t]ˈmɪk tʃəˌreɪt[/t]] v. i. rat•ed, rat•ing phl to pass urine; urinate • Etymology: 1835–45; < L mictur(īre) to desire to urinate, desiderative der. of mingere to urinate + ate I mic tu•ri′tion ˈrɪʃ ən n …
9micturition — [mik΄tyo͞o rish′ən, mik΄tərish′ən] n. [< L micturitus, pp. of micturire, to desire to urinate < mingere, to urinate < meiere, to urinate < IE base * meiĝh > MASH] the act of urinating …
10hold one's urine — verb Not to urinate (for some period of time). The strong ammoniacal odor of the urine gradually disappeared, and the patient readily held his urine from 2 to 6 hours, while previous <! [sic] not previously there was a desire to urinate every… …