incontinentadjective
uk/ɪnˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt/us/ɪnˈkɑːn.tə.nənt/unable to control the excretion of urine or the contents of the bowels:
Many of our elderly patients are incontinent.
As the illness progressed, she became doubly incontinent (= unable to control the excretion both of urine and the contents of the bowels).
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Disorders of the urinary system
- ADPKD
- ARPKD
- autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
- autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
- bedwetting
- bladder polyp
- bladder tumour
- CKD
- cystitis
- cystocele
- glomerulonephritis
- hyperoxaluria and oxalosis
- hypospadias
- incontinence
- kidney stone
- prostate enlargement
- proteinuria
- renal failure
- urethral stricture
- UTI
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