STRESS INCONTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stress incontinence mean? 

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

1. urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRESS INCONTINENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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