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Definition of enuresis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

enuresis

noun
 
/ˌenjʊəˈriːsɪs/
 
/ˌenjʊˈriːsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. urination (= letting waste liquid flow from the body) that is not under somebody’s control, especially in the case of a child who is asleep
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek enourein ‘urinate in’, from en- ‘in’ + ouron ‘urine’.
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