What does "incontinence" mean?
Incontinence: From the rash hand of bold incontinence. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.(Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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