ENURESIS
\ɪnjʊɹˈiːsɪs], \ɪnjʊɹˈiːsɪs], \ɪ_n_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\
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Involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which urinary control should have been achieved; often used alone with specific reference to involuntary discharge of urine occurring during sleep at night (bed-wetting; nocturnal enuresis). (Dorland, 27th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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This affection is most common in advanced life. It may depend on too great irritability of the bladder, or on distension, or injury of the fibres about its neck, paralysis of the organ, Cysto-paralysis, Cystoplegia, the presence of an irregularly shaped calculus impacted in the urethra near its commencement; rupture of the bladder and urethra; renal disease; or on pressure exerted on the bladder by the distended womb or by a tumour. It often occurs after difficult labour, but generally yields, in the course of a week or ten days; the catheter being introduced twice a day in the mean time. The treatment must of course vary according to the cause; and when the affection on which it is dependent cannot be removed, the discharge of urine may be prevented by exerting a degree of compression on the urethra, by means of appropriate instruments; or a urinal may be employed to receive the urine as it passes off.
By Robley Dunglison
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Involuntary micturition, especially of children. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe