OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overflow incontinence mean? 

• OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE (noun)
  The noun OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE has 1 sense:

1. urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or weak bladder muscles or nerve damage

  Familiarity information: OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or weak bladder muscles or nerve damage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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