ENURESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enuresis mean? 

• ENURESIS (noun)
  The noun ENURESIS has 1 sense:

1. inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination

  Familiarity information: ENURESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENURESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

enuresis; urinary incontinence

Hypernyms ("enuresis" is a kind of...):

incontinence; incontinency (involuntary urination or defecation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enuresis"):

bed-wetting (enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it))

overflow incontinence (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)

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; most common in people over 60 years of age)

 Context examples 

Involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which urinary control should have been achieved; often used alone with specific reference to involuntary discharge of urine occurring during sleep at night (bed-wetting; nocturnal enuresis).

(Enuresis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)