oblique course

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Children born lacking this oblique course of the ureter through the bladder wall are susceptible to “vesicoureteral reflux,” which dramatically increases their risk of serious UTI.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

When they alight, they seldom make a curve or gyration, but descend in a straight and oblique course.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various

And at this moment, I conceive it to be finally torn directly from its oblique course, by the gravitational pull of the immense star.—Ed.

From The House on the Borderland by Hodgson, William Hope

In its oblique course it struck only a part of the fleet, and the damage, though computed at L. 20,000 sterling, was by no means so great as might have been expected.

From An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 by Hewatt, Alexander

With great presence of mind he put forth all his strength and dexterity to slowly take an oblique course, knowing well that there was no hope for him if the current took him crosswise.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile