urinary incontinence

Noun
  1. Inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination (synset 113496061)
    is a type of: incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecation
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: enuresis

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