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enuresis

[en-yuh-ree-sis] Origin

en·u·re·sis

[en-yuh-ree-sis]
noun Medicine/Medical.
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin < Greek en- en-2 + ourē- (variant stem of oureîn to urinate) + -sis -sis

en·u·ret·ic [en-yuh-ret-ik] , adjective
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Enuresis is always a great word to know.
So is pelvis. Does it mean:
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
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enuresis (ˌɛnjʊˈriːsɪs)
 
n
involuntary discharge of urine, esp during sleep
 
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek en-² + ourein to urinate, from ouron urine]
 
enuretic
 
adj, —n

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enuresis
1800, from Gk. enourein to urinate.
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enuresis en·u·re·sis (ěn'yə-rē'sĭs)
n.
The uncontrolled or involuntary discharge of urine.

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