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mic·tu·rate

 (mĭk′chə-rāt′, mĭk′tə-)
intr.v. mic·tu·rat·ed, mic·tu·rat·ing, mic·tu·rates
To urinate.

[From Latin micturīre, to want to urinate, desiderative of meiere, to urinate; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.]

mic′tu·ri′tion (-rĭsh′ən) n.
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micturate

(ˈmɪktjʊˌreɪt)
vb
(Physiology) (intr) a less common word for urinate
[C19: from Latin micturīre to desire to urinate, from mingere to urinate]
micturition n
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mic•tu•rate

(ˈmɪk tʃəˌreɪt)

v.i. -rat•ed, -rat•ing.
to pass urine; urinate.
[1835–45; < Latin mictur(īre) to desire to urinate, desiderative derivative of mingere to urinate + -ate1]
mic`tu•ri′tion (-ˈrɪʃ ən) n.
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micturate


Past participle: micturated
Gerund: micturating

Imperative
micturate
micturate
Present
I micturate
you micturate
he/she/it micturates
we micturate
you micturate
they micturate
Preterite
I micturated
you micturated
he/she/it micturated
we micturated
you micturated
they micturated
Present Continuous
I am micturating
you are micturating
he/she/it is micturating
we are micturating
you are micturating
they are micturating
Present Perfect
I have micturated
you have micturated
he/she/it has micturated
we have micturated
you have micturated
they have micturated
Past Continuous
I was micturating
you were micturating
he/she/it was micturating
we were micturating
you were micturating
they were micturating
Past Perfect
I had micturated
you had micturated
he/she/it had micturated
we had micturated
you had micturated
they had micturated
Future
I will micturate
you will micturate
he/she/it will micturate
we will micturate
you will micturate
they will micturate
Future Perfect
I will have micturated
you will have micturated
he/she/it will have micturated
we will have micturated
you will have micturated
they will have micturated
Future Continuous
I will be micturating
you will be micturating
he/she/it will be micturating
we will be micturating
you will be micturating
they will be micturating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been micturating
you have been micturating
he/she/it has been micturating
we have been micturating
you have been micturating
they have been micturating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been micturating
you will have been micturating
he/she/it will have been micturating
we will have been micturating
you will have been micturating
they will have been micturating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been micturating
you had been micturating
he/she/it had been micturating
we had been micturating
you had been micturating
they had been micturating
Conditional
I would micturate
you would micturate
he/she/it would micturate
we would micturate
you would micturate
they would micturate
Past Conditional
I would have micturated
you would have micturated
he/she/it would have micturated
we would have micturated
you would have micturated
they would have micturated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.micturate - eliminate urinemicturate - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"
wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
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Translations

micturate

[ˈmɪktjʊəreɪt] VI (frm) → orinar
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micturate

vi (Med: = urinate) → urinieren, harnen (form)
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mic·tu·rate

v. orinar.
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References in periodicals archive ?
The average person requires only 200 to 500 mg of vitamin C daily, and an excess of vitamin C can lead to highly acidic urine, which can affect the urothelium and increase pain and the urge to micturate. Ascorbic acid has been found to activate mast cells (Yazdani & Pio, 2016), which are present in the urothelium, thereby possibly contributing to LUTS.
After removal of the urethral catheter, more than half of the women who underwent Capio TVM surgery could not sense the urge to micturate, whereas all patients who underwent conventional surgery sensed the urge to urinate at the time of their first voiding.
Time of discharge is mainly dependent on time to micturate after saddle block anaesthesia.
Likewise there was gender-wise significant difference in appearance of 1st desire to micturate, discomfort and pain in terms of filling capacity of bladder.
Even though patients were instructed to sample first void urine from the first toilet visit of the day or make sure not to micturate within at least one hour before sampling, the variations in bacterial load might be due to variations in time points of micturition and how long urine had stayed in the bladder before micturition.