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Urination – bed wetting

Alternative Names

Enuresis – bedwetting

Definition of Urination – bed wetting

Bed wetting (or enuresis) is when children wet the bed more than twice per month after age 5 or 6.

Review

Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. – 1/29/2010

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