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
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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