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enuresis|ɛnjʊˈriːsɪs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἐνουρεῖν to urinate in.]
Incontinence of urine, esp. minor incontinence not associated with any organic disease. Hence enuˈretic a. and n.
1800tr. W. Cullen's Nosology 173 (heading) Enuresis. Involuntary but not painful flux of urine. 1822J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 492 Paruria incontinens..is the enuresis of most of the nosologists. 1907Practitioner Apr. 542 For a year past he had terrors practically every night, and often..enuresis. 1909Lancet 1 May 1245/2 He had frequently known nocturnal enuresis to persist after very thorough removal of adenoids and tonsils. 1937C. L. C. Burns in E. Miller Growing Child vi. 180 It might be said that the neurotic attitude of an enuretic child is an effect of the enuresis rather than a cause. 1943Our Towns iii. 85 The mother of the enuretic..does not teach her child..control of its natural functions. 1968Encycl. Brit. VIII. 619/2 Enuresis..usually means bed-wetting. |