The act of urinating or discharging urine from the body.
From Latin 'emictio,' derived from 'emingere' (to urinate), combining 'e-' (out) and 'mingere' (to urinate). This medical and anatomical term has been used in English since the 1600s.
Medical terminology often preserves archaic Latin terms that sound formal and professional—'emiction' is one of those old-fashioned words doctors might have used instead of the blunter modern term, creating a buffer of formality between doctor and patient.
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