Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ureter

1 sense of ureter

Sense 1
ureter -- (either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")