autonomic bladder

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Involuntary, spontaneous, or induced reflex emptying of the urinary bladder.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The gasbag is in two parts—a tough shell and a gastight bladder, the latter being designed to be discarded if it leaks.
Why Old-School Airships Now Rule Our Warzones|Bill Sweetman|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kerri Kasem said in court Friday that her father was suffering from bedsores and lung and bladder infections.
Casey Kasem's Family's Top 40 Meltdown Moments|Tim Teeman|June 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prick the bladder with a needle every so often,” she advises sagely, “to keep it from exploding.
The Queen of the French Kitchen|Katie Baker|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“My dog has just had to learn good bladder and bowel control,” he jokes.
In Florida, Sprawling Humans Confront the Bears Who Lived There First|Jacqui Goddard|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their usual source is the deeper layers of the urinary tract, especially of the bladder.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Considerable hemorrhages from the bladder may occur in vesical calculus, tuberculosis, and newgrowths.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
On the way we were greatly excited to see the bladder of an indicator net smoking.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
At home all the morning, being by the cold weather, which for these two days has been frost, in some pain in my bladder.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
In less than two minutes the cranium of Mark Antony Figgins was as smooth and destitute of hair as a bladder of lard.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng