URINARY INCONTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urinary incontinence mean? 

• URINARY INCONTINENCE (noun)
  The noun URINARY INCONTINENCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: URINARY INCONTINENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URINARY INCONTINENCE (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 ("urinary incontinence" is a kind of...):

incontinence; incontinency (involuntary urination or defecation)

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

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 

It may also be used to treat certain types of urinary incontinence (inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder).

(Estrogen cream, NCI Dictionary)

It has been used in the treatment of several disorders including asthma, heart failure, rhinitis, and urinary incontinence, and for its central nervous system stimulatory effects in the treatment of narcolepsy and depression.

(Ephedrine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The clonic phase features rhythmic flexor contractions of the trunk and limbs, pupillary dilation, elevations of blood pressure and pulse, urinary incontinence, and tongue biting.

(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An elimination disorder characterized by urinary incontinence, whether involuntary or intentional, which is not due to a medical condition and which occurs at or beyond an age at which continence is expected (usually 5 years).

(Enuresis, NCI Thesaurus)