Meaning | inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination. |
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Synonym | urinary incontinence |
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Narrower | bed-wetting | enuresis during sleep / sleep |
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overflow incontinence | urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine |
stress incontinence | urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining |
urge incontinence | urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine |
Broader | incontinence, incontinency | involuntary urination or defecation |
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Spanish | enuresis |
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Catalan | enuresi |
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