enuresis
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1. inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination (noun.process)
| hyponym | : | bed-wetting, |
| definition | : | enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it) (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | overflow incontinence, |
| definition | : | urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or weak bladder muscles or nerve damage (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | stress incontinence, |
| definition | : | urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | urge incontinence, |
| definition | : | 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; most common in people over 60 years of age (noun.process) |
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