urine

liquid by-product of metabolism in the bodies of many animals, produced by the kidneys
Thing biogenic_substance_type Q40924
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Summary

urine is a biogenic substance type[1]. urine draws 6,815 Wikipedia views per month (biogenic substance type category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: excrement[4], body fluid[5], secretion or excretion[6], particular anatomical entity[7]
  • Commons category: Urine[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Urine[9]
  • Described by source: Dictionnaire Infernal[10], Otto's encyclopedia[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Produced by: urinary system[16]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002047[17]
  • Permanent duplicated item: urine[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Physiology[19], WikiProject Medicine[20], WikiProject Sanitation[21]

Body

Influence

Things named for urine include purine[22], a type of chemical entity[23] and hippuric acid[24], a type of chemical entity[25].

Why It Matters

urine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] urine is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for urine include purine[22], a type of chemical entity[23] and hippuric acid[24], a type of chemical entity[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_urine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{urine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/urine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C5488
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C5488, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['urine', 'pee']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: pee, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954208|pee (#289954208)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['urine', 'pee']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: urine, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966433|urine (#289966433)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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