What is the inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine called?
incontinency — (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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