Definition of Miction

1. voiding urine [n -S]

Medical Definition of Miction

1. The passing of urine. Synonym: miction, micturition, uresis. Stuttering urination, the passage of urine in jets caused by intermittent spasmodic contraction of the bladder. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miction

microworlds
microxyphil
microzoa
microzone
microzones
microzoon
microzooplankton
microzoospore
microzoospores
microzyme
microzymes
micrurgical
micrurgies
micrurgy
mics
miction (current term)
mictions
micturate
micturated
micturates
micturating
micturient
micturitic
micturition
micturition reflex
micturition syncope
micturitions
mid
mid(a)
mid-

Literary usage of Miction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text book of alkaloidal practice by William Francis Waugh, Wallace C. Abbott (1907)
"... and increased peristaltic movements of the stomach and intestines; digestion and defecation are facilitated, as well as miction and erection—in a word, ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[= Г. miction, < LL. ... see miction.] The act of urinating ; especially, morbidly frequent and scant urination. micturate ..."

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