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continence

[kon-tn-uhns] / ˈkɒn tn əns /


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At other times, staff failed to change continence aids regularly enough.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

Prof June Andrews, who has worked in dementia care for over 30 years, says rigorous continence assessments are essential to prevent assumptions being made.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2022

It may win triumph over greed of appetite in temperance; or over fleshly passion in continence.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.




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