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continence

[kon-tn-uhns] / ˈkɒn tn əns /


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Her parents want age restrictions removed on services such as a wheelchair-accessible vehicle and continence products for children like their daughter, who was dependent on them for her care.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The brain’s ability to regulate bodily functions, like swallowing and continence, erodes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025

A mother who feared her two-year-old son's untreated constipation could have killed him is calling for access to children's continence services to be made a national priority.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

Any chance Sally or Ed has anxiety, digestive or continence issues, hearing loss …?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2023

Above all, you must exercise the most complete continence.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various




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