incontinent
adjective/ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt/
/ɪnˈkɑːntɪnənt/
- not able to control the bladder and bowels
- Many of our patients are incontinent.
- to be doubly incontinent
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin incontinent-, from in- ‘not’ + continent- ‘holding together’ (see continent). The current meaning dates from the early 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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