URGE INCONTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urge incontinence mean? 

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

1. urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine; most common in people over 60 years of age

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• URGE INCONTINENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine; most common in people over 60 years of age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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