continent

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incontinence
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incontinent | American Dictionary

incontinent
adjective
us/ɪnˈkɑn·tən·ənt/
unable to control excretion

incontinence

noun[ U ]us/ɪnˈkɑn·tən·əns/

Examples of incontinent

incontinent
Many incontinent respondents considered that, despite their condition, they had a sense of their own worth and a healthy degree of self-esteem.
The relocated group had more problems with mental and physical frailty, were more incontinent and suffered more speech impairments than the experimental group.
The percentage of incontinent individuals who use absorbent products has increased over the past 20 years.
The daughters, however, were not welcomed next door at the church until they had done penance for their incontinent living.
The normal capacity of the bladder is 400-600 ml, but this falls with age and is lower still in incontinent older people.
About 80 per cent of the incontinent respondents had negative psychological impacts.
A reliable method of documenting the frequency of incontinent episodes is essential for assessment of treatment outcome in both clinical practice and research studies.
Of these, 56% had a 50% improvement in the number of incontinent episodes per day.
Fifteen to forty-five per cent of women who were incontinent produced a normal result.
All of these changes have been described in both continent and asymptomatic women, as well as the incontinent.
Six of these became incontinent after an emergency caesarean section but none after an elective caesarean section.
Asymptomatic bacteriuria is prevalent in intractably incontinent elderly female patients, whether managed by catheter or pads.
The lowest percentage of incontinent individuals was found in their own homes.
She becomes incontinent for the first time after her internal fixation.
This loss of rehabilitation sessions may contribute towards the failure of incontinent patients to progress as well as continent patients.
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