urge incontinence
noun
Simple meaning
Urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
urjihnkahntuhnuhnsSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɝdʒɪnkɑntənəns
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Definition
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noun
Urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine; most common in people over 60 years of age
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Urinary incontinence that is generally attributable to involuntary contracts of the bladder muscle resulting in an urgent need to urinate accompanied by a sudden loss of urine; most common in people over 60 years of age
Used this way, urge incontinence is a reasonably familiar word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It comes across as direct, sometimes bluntly so.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Sudden and forceful
- Usage feel
- Blunt and forceful
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