STRESS INCONTINENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stress incontinence mean? • STRESS INCONTINENCE (noun)
The noun STRESS INCONTINENCE has 1 sense:
1. urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Familiarity information: STRESS INCONTINENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STRESS INCONTINENCE (noun)
Meaning:
Urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("stress incontinence" is a kind of...):
enuresis; urinary incontinence (inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination)
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