URGE INCONTINENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("urge incontinence" is a kind of...):

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

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