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in·con·ti·nence

(ĭn-kŏn′tə-nəns)

The quality or state of being incontinent.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

incontinence

Condition resulting from various causes, including injury or old age, in which urination cannot be voluntarily controlled. It may be temporary or permanent.

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Noun	1.	incontinence - involuntary urination or defecation incontinency excreting, excretion, voiding, elimination, evacuation - the bodily process of discharging waste matter enuresis, urinary incontinence - inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
	2.	incontinence - indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures dissoluteness, self-gratification indiscipline, undiscipline - the trait of lacking discipline rakishness - the quality of a rake

incontinence

noun

A complete surrender of inhibitions:

abandon, abandonment, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness.

Translations

inkontinens

karkailu

incontinenza

incontinentie

incontinence

[ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns] N → incontinencia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

incontinence

[ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns] n → incontinence f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

incontinence

n (Med) → Inkontinenz f; (of desires) → Zügellosigkeit f, → Hemmungslosigkeit f

incontinence

incontinence pad

n → Einlage f → für Inkontinente

incontinence sheet

n → Unterlage f → für Inkontinente

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

incontinence

[ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns] n (Med) → incontinenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

in·con·ti·nence

n. incontinencia, emisión involuntaria, inhabilidad de controlar la orina o las heces fecales;

bowel ___ → ___ intestinal;

fecal ___ → ___ fecal;

overflow ___ → ___ por rebozamiento;

reflex ___ → ___ de reflejo;

urinary ___ → ___ urinaria;

urinary stress ___ → ___ urinaria de esfuerzo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

incontinence

n incontinencia; fecal — incontinencia fecal, incapacidad f para retener las heces; overflow — incontinencia por rebosamiento; stress — incontinencia de esfuerzo; urge — incontinencia de urgencia; urinary — incontinencia urinaria, incapacidad f para retener la orina

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