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Meanings of bed-wetting in English

The fact of involuntarily urinating while asleep.

Usage of bed-wetting in English
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His childhood was also marked by chronic bed-wetting and cruelty to animals.
Mindhunter
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Thumb-sucking, nail-biting, blanket-clenching, and bed-wetting characterized her infancy and early childhood.
The new yorker
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Not just the bed-wetting, but the fact that he had let this happen .
The last page
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In bed-wetting it's important to not embarrass your child-andto take the long-termview.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
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Many parents go to the extreme on bed-wetting.
Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
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In his place it appoints a bed-wetting, cross-dressing gay Irishman who almost became a rent boy.
The Irish Times
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No bed-wetting or night terrors or extra anxiety.
Caught
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We have tried everything and are now using a bed-wetting alarm, which my child sleeps through.
The Irish Times
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Unsurprisingly, bed-wetting was ubiquitous -and insensitively handled.
The Guardian
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She has a patient, pitying air, like the head nurse in the bed-wetting terminal loser ward.
The Guardian
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In some cases it leads to an irritable bladder, inability to retain the urine, and nocturnal bed-wetting.
Woman / Her Sex and Love Life
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After three years habitual bed-wetting is abnormal.
The Care and Feeding of Children / A Catechism for the Use of Mo...
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Parents who bought this for their children rave about how waterproof it is, protecting their mattresses against bed-wetting.
NY Magazine
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If your son is not bothered by his bed-wetting, I would try to relax and see what happens.
The Guardian
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A nine-year-old boy from a war-torn country who had begun bed-wetting, and pulling clumps of hair from his head.
The Guardian
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My bed-wetting habit had, of course, been cured, but not my apprehension at the prospect of returning to boarding school.
The power of one
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