noun

• Involuntary urination, especially by children at night.

  ‘nocturnal enuresis can be due to a urinary tract infection’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Bedwetting, called enuresis, is the involuntary discharge of urine during sleep.’
  • ‘For some young children bladder control is more difficult to achieve at night - enuresis, commonly known as bed-wetting, has been discussed by physicians since the days of Galen and Hippocrates.’
  • ‘Other surveys have found that children with nocturnal enuresis are more subject to ‘confused awakenings,’ such as night terrors or sleepwalking, than children who do not wet the bed.’
  • ‘Nocturnal enuresis, or bed-wetting, is one of the most prevalent and persistent sleep problems in children.’
  • ‘Secondary nocturnal enuresis is when a child has accidental wetting after having had bladder control for six or more months.’