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Definition of "urogenital" []

  • Of, relating to, or involving both the urinary and genital structures or functions. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "urogenital" in a sentence
  • "—The deep fascia of the urogenital region forms an investment for the Transversus perinæi profundus and the Sphincter urethræ membranaceæ, but within it lie also the deep vessels and nerves of this part, the whole forming a transverse septum which is known as the urogenital diaphragm."
  • "By the fifth or sixth week this body forms an elongated spindle-shaped structure, termed the urogenital fold (Fig. 1106), which projects into the celomic cavity at the side of the dorsal mesentery, reaching from the septum transversum in front to the fifth lumbar segment behind; in this fold the reproductive glands are developed."
  • "But shelter spokeswoman Peita Elkhorne said yesterday that Sam had developed abdominal cysts due to a disease called urogenital chlamydiosis, which affects up to 50 per cent of Australia's koala population."