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urine

[yoor-in] / ˈjʊər ɪn /


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If injected, it is only detectable in the urine or blood for a short window of time, and increases the amount of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the muscles, in the blood stream.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

BBC News has seen samples of stolen "fitness-for-work" medical examinations containing information such as blood and urine test results, along with doctors' notes mentioning conditions including a "shellfish and banana allergy".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The data pointed to the drug’s potential to reduce the so-called urine protein-to-creatinine ratio, which is associated with the preservation of long-term kidney function, Roche said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Their experiments point to a group of unusual fatty acids that could serve as a lasting chemical signature in cat urine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

After receiving a signal that “the urines were ready,” he changed from his lab coat into a Russian national team sweatshirt and left his fourth-floor office, typically after midnight.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2016

Why, sir, I do not-ask you of their urines, Whose smell's most violet, or whose siege is best, Or who makes hardest faces on her stool?

From Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson

Contact with ammoniacal and sugar urines has a similar effect.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

From acid urines, uric acid is frequently deposited, on standing in a cool place, in the form of a reddish yellow sediment, nearly always crystalline.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg


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