Mictio

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of urination in medical contexts, often referring to the physiological process of discharging urine from the bladder
2. A term used in medical terminology to denote the process of voiding urine from the urinary tract
3. Referring to the process of excreting urine from the body, typically studied in urology and related fields

Etymology: "Mictio" is a Latin noun built on the stem "mict-" of "mingere," the Latin verb meaning "to urinate." The suffix "-io" turns that stem into a noun of action, so the term names the act itself. English medicine draws on the same family through "micturition," from the Latin verb "micturire," a desiderative form meaning "to want to urinate." "Mictio" is the rarer, more directly Latin relative of that verb.

Synonyms: urination, voiding, peeing, urinating, passing urine