INCONTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incontinence mean? 

• INCONTINENCE (noun)
  The noun INCONTINENCE has 2 senses:

1. involuntary urination or defecation

2. indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

  Familiarity information: INCONTINENCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCONTINENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involuntary urination or defecation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

incontinence; incontinency

Hypernyms ("incontinence" is a kind of...):

elimination; evacuation; excreting; excretion; voiding (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incontinence"):

enuresis; urinary incontinence (inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination)

Derivation:

incontinent (not having control over urination and defecation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dissoluteness; incontinence; self-gratification

Hypernyms ("incontinence" is a kind of...):

indiscipline; undiscipline (the trait of lacking discipline)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incontinence"):

rakishness (the quality of a rake)

 Context examples 

Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version (MHIS-NACC) Emotional incontinence.

(MHIS-NACC - Emotional Incontinence, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include weakness, paresthesia, sensory loss, pain, and incontinence.

(Myelitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include weakness, paresthesia, sensory loss, marked discomfort and incontinence.

(Myelitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

You also may have incontinence, a loss of bladder control.

(Overactive Bladder, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It may also be used to treat certain types of urinary incontinence (inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder).

(Estrogen cream, NCI Dictionary)

It has been used in the treatment of several disorders including asthma, heart failure, rhinitis, and urinary incontinence, and for its central nervous system stimulatory effects in the treatment of narcolepsy and depression.

(Ephedrine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Untreated, the clinical course follows a progression of sensory loss, weakness to paralysis and incontinence.

(Cobb Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.

(Myelitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Bowel incontinence is a problem controlling your bowel movements.

(Bowel Movement, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The clonic phase features rhythmic flexor contractions of the trunk and limbs, pupillary dilation, elevations of blood pressure and pulse, urinary incontinence, and tongue biting.

(Grand Mal Epilepsy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)