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bed-wetting

noun

  1. the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed Technical nameenuresis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbed-ˌwetter, noun
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Example Sentences

Symptoms during the early stages include detachment and aggression as well as insomnia, bed-wetting, and nightmares.

This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.

A somewhat corresponding condition in girls occasionally causes bed-wetting and other troubles.

Nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting) usually is found to "run in families."

Now we know from neuropsychology that burning ambition in later years represents a reaction formation to infantile bed wetting.

The physician should be consulted in all instances where the habit of bed wetting extends beyond three years.

How should a young child addicted to bed-wetting be managed?

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