urge incontinence
- noun
- /ɜrdʒ ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/
- Specialized
:
incontinencia por urgencia
- Urge incontinence can significantly impact a person's daily life by causing frequent and urgent trips to the restroom.
Examples
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Encouraged by favorable results obtained in patients with urge incontinence due to idiopathic detrusor instability, we determined the feasibility of this treatment in a pilot study in which patients were followed for at least 2 years.
Academic text (2000) -
* Storage: frequency, urgency, urge incontinence, and nocturia.
Academic text (2010) -
Our results show that treatment of refractory urge incontinence by chronic S3 sacral spinal nerve stimulation is feasible in selected MS patients.
Academic text (2000) -
Patients may experience urge incontinence when the bladder muscles contract without warning, leading to unexpected leakage.
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To manage urge incontinence, healthcare providers often recommend a combination of behavioral therapies and medications.
Synonyms
1
4.3
Not being able to control urine so it comes out without meaning to
1
9.6
Not being able to control when you pee or poo
Antonyms
How Controlled
- Specialized
1
9.0
- Specialized
1
6.2
- Specialized
- Specialized
9
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward subtype formation: 'urge' (a sudden internal impulse) modifies 'incontinence' (involuntary loss of urine), so the meaning 'involuntary loss of urine triggered by a sudden urge' is directly derivable from the constituents. This noun-noun subtype pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Urge incontinence comes from two simple ideas: a sudden strong urge (like a wave of needing to pee) and incontinence (when you 'cannot hold' urine). So it means a sudden, very strong need to pee that you cannot hold, often causing leaking.