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continence

[kon-tn-uhns] / ˈkɒn tn əns /


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They had had a tick list of tasks to complete and often that was too long to include meaningful engagement, support with eating or unhurried continence care.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Holly was not referred for further treatment for Ayda or told about children's continence services that could help.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

As, therefore, the state of man now is, what wisdom can there he to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of evil?

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by