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Definition: Stress Incontinence |
Stress IncontinenceNoun1. Urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An involuntary loss of urine that occurs at the same time that internal abdominal pressure is increased, such as with laughing, sneezing, coughing, or physical activity. (references) |
Medicine | The involuntary loss of that accompanies any action that suddenly increases pressure within the abdomen, such as lifting, sneezing, singing or laughing. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is called stress incontinence. (references) | |
The incidence of stress incontinence increases following menopause. (references) | ||
Stress incontinence also occurs if the muscles that do the squeezing weaken. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stress incontinence | 83 |
urinary stress incontinence | 28 |
stress incontinence treatment | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stress incontinence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | stressinkontinens (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | stressincontinentia (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | rasitusinkontinenssi (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | incontinence de stress (stress urinary incontinence), incontinence l'effort (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | ακράτεια μετά από προσπάθεια (stress urinary incontinence), ακράτεια από υπερένταση (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | incontinenza da stress (stress urinary incontinence), incontinenza da sforzo (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | essstray incontinenceay incontinencia por estrés (stress urinary incontinence), incontinencia de esfuerzo (stress urinary incontinence), incompetencia parcial del esfínter urinario (stress urinary incontinence). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-i-i-n-n-n-n-o-r-s-s-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: contritenesses, inconsistences, nonnecessities. | |
-5 letters: consistencies, inconsistence, incontinences, intercessions, interconnects, intersections, nonscientists. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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