/ ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns; NAmE -ˈkɑːn/ noun
[ U ] the lack of ability to control the bladder and bowels
OPP continence
► in·con·tin·ent / -ənt; NAmE / adjective :
Many of our patients are incontinent.
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French , or from Latin incontinent- , from in- not + continent- holding together (see continent (II)). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.