BED-WETTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bed-wetting mean? 

• BED-WETTING (noun)
  The noun BED-WETTING has 1 sense:

1. enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)

  Familiarity information: BED-WETTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BED-WETTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("bed-wetting" is a kind of...):

enuresis; urinary incontinence (inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination)

 Context examples 

Until then, bed-wetting alarms, bladder training and medicines might help.

(Bedwetting, NIH)

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)