enuresis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of enuresis
1790–1800; < New Latin < Greek en- en- 2 + ourē- (variant stem of oureîn to urinate) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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“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
He explained that enuresis can occur at any stage of sleep, not just REM sleep, “when the more vivid and elaborate dreams occur.”
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
“I consider enuresis to be a developmental delay which will improve by itself,” Dr. Abidari said, adding that if the medication is stopped and development has not progressed, “they will wet again.”
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2010
Those who pass their second year without obtaining this control, but in whom the organs and urine are normal, may be said to be afflicted with enuresis.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Remondino, Peter Charles
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