bedwetting
noun
the problem of urinating during sleep
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noun
the action of getting rid of solid waste from your body, or the solid waste itself
adjective
a child that is dry does not need to wear a diaper because they can control when they urinate
noun
the process of getting rid of waste from your body. Excretion includes the process of getting rid of carbon dioxide from your lungs, sweat from your sweat glands, and urea from your body in urine.
noun
constipation (=the condition of being unable to pass solid waste from your body regularly)
verb
to get rid of waste liquid from your body. A more polite word is pee or wee. The formal word is urinate.
noun
the act of passing waste from your body when you go to the bathroom. This word is used especially by and to children..
verb
to pass solid waste from your body when you go to the bathroom. This word is used especially by and to children.
noun
an occasion when a man goes to the toilet and urinates (=gets rid of waste liquid from his body)
noun
the practice of using the toilet, used especially when talking about children and other people who need help doing this
adjective
relating to urine (=liquid waste) or to the tubes or organs through which it leaves a person’s or animal’s body
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adjective
verb
noun
noun
to feel an urgent need to go to the toilet
to urinate
an expression meaning “to use the toilet.” This expression is said mainly by and to young children
to use the toilet
to get rid of waste from your body
to have to get rid of waste from your body
to make liquid waste leave your bladder
to use the toilet. This expression is used by or about women.
to use the toilet
to go to the toilet to defecate
to go to the toilet to get rid of solid waste
to urinate (=pass liquid waste from your body)
to get rid of waste liquid from your body
a need to use the toilet
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