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bed-wetting

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bed-wet·ting (bdwtng)
n.
Enuresis, especially when occurring nocturnally during sleep.

bed wetter n.

bed-wetting
n
(Medicine / Pathology) the act or habit of involuntarily urinating in bed Technical term enuresis
bed-wetter  n
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Noun1.bed-wetting - enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it)
enuresis, urinary incontinence - inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
Translations
bed-wetting [ˈbedwetɪŋ] Nincontinencia f nocturna, enuresis f (frm)
bed-wetting [ˈbɛdˌwɛtɪŋ] nincontinenza notturna


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When a child regresses into a bed-wetting habit and no physical problems are to blame, he may be dealing with stressful issues.
Nighttime bed-wetting could also be caused when a full bladder fails to communicate with the brain to wake up the child or the bladder is too small for his or her age.
Bare'a Hashim and Amal Kafrawi, sociologists at the Mental Health Hospital in Madinah, warn against taking children under 12 to burials, adding that this could cause a number of psychological diseases in the future, including bed-wetting.
 
 
 
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