enuresis

American  

[en-yuh-ree-sis] / ˌɛn yəˈri sɪs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; urinary incontinence; bedwetting.

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enuresis British  

/ ˌɛnjʊˈrɛtɪk, ˌɛnjʊˈriːsɪs /

noun

1. involuntary discharge of urine, esp during sleep

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Other Word Forms

• enuretic adjective

Etymology

Origin of enuresis

1790–1800; < New Latin < Greek en- en- ² + ourē- (variant stem of oureîn to urinate) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

“One of the key topics in the first part of the memoir is Silverman’s struggle with enuresis, or bedwetting, which extended into her teenage years,” the program wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

“For one thing, we can’t be sure what comes first, the enuresis or the dream,” Chervin said.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2021

“Almost every child eventually grows out of it,” Stork told me, estimating that 1 to 2 percent of adults experience nocturnal enuresis.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2021

The doctors, nurse practitioners and counselors who treat enuresis can be almost messianic about the relief they can offer children and families.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2010

He defines enuresis to be the passage of urine of a normal quality in a child who, with the exception of this involuntary urination, is healthy.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles