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Definition of Overflow incontinence
1. Noun. Urinary incontinence that occurs when the bladder is so full that it continually leaks urine; often attributable to a blocked urethra (e.g., due to prostate enlargement) or weak bladder muscles or nerve damage.
Medical Definition of Overflow incontinence
1. Involuntary loss of urine associated with overdistention of the bladder, with or without a detrusor contraction. Synonym: paradoxical incontinence. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overflow Incontinence
Literary usage of Overflow incontinence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical Medicine by Judson Sykes Bury (1894)
"overflow incontinence is a more serious condition than paralytic incontinence of
... Retention of urine and overflow incontinence occur not only when the ..."
2. Essentials of medical electricity by David Denison Stewart, Edward S. Lawrance (1891)
"... is also faecal incontinence with intermittent or overflow incontinence of
urine.- In both, cystitis, with its accompanying symptoms, is apt to result. ..."
3. The Diagnosis of Diseases of the Nervous System: A Manual for Students and by Christian Archibald Herter (1892)
"... to relaxation of the sphincter and incontinence—"overflow incontinence. ...
overflow incontinence," and there is no actual weakness of the sphincter. ..."
4. Diagnosis of Organic Nervous Diseases by Christian Archibald Herter, Leon Pierce Clark (1907)
"Then retention occurs, and the distension of the bladder leads to relaxation of
the sphincter and incontinence—"overflow incontinence. ..."
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