Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
bedwetting
Subclass of:
Enuresis
Also called:
Enuresis
Definitions related to bedwetting:
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(enuresis nocturna) Enuresis occurring during sleeping hours.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(nocturnal enuresis) Involuntary discharge of URINE during sleep at night after expected age of completed development of urinary control.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Bed-wetting - also called nighttime incontinence or nocturnal enuresis - is involuntary urination while asleep after the age at which staying dry at night can be reasonably expected.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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