oblique course

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Children born lacking this oblique course of the ureter through the bladder wall are susceptible to “vesicoureteral reflux,” which dramatically increases their risk of serious UTI.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In its oblique course it struck only a part of the fleet, and the damage, though computed at L. 20,000 sterling, was by no means so great as might have been expected.

From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Hewatt, Alexander

At the time of my abode in the Spanish colonies, I witnessed the arrival of several merchant-ships, which from the fear of privateers had chosen the oblique course, and had had a very short passage.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

A similar division of troops, under the orders of Jovius and Jovinus, prepared to follow the oblique course of the highways, through the Alps, and the northern confines of Italy.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart

When they alight, they seldom make a curve or gyration, but descend in a straight and oblique course.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various