Definition of Bed wetter

1. Noun. Someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed.

Exact synonyms: Bedwetter, Wetter
Generic synonyms: Pisser, Urinator
Derivative terms: Wet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bed Wetter

bed linen
bed load
bed occupancy
bed of breast
bed of flowers
bed of justice
bed of pelts
bed of roses
bed of stomach
bed out
bed pillow
bed push
bed rest
bed rock
bed sheet
bed wetter (current term)
bedabble
bedabbled
bedabbles
bedabbling
bedad
bedaff
bedaft
bedag
bedaggle
bedaggled
bedaggles
bedaggling
bedamn
bedamned

Literary usage of Bed wetter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies: A Guide for Mothers, Nurses and by Owen H. Wilson (1920)
"At one year, certainly at eighteen months, he should be trained; if not, he is to be classed as a bed-wetter. The worst bed-wet- ters are those who have ..."

2. The Psychology of Dreams by William Sebastian Walsh (1920)
"A child sometimes is a bed-wetter from habit, the cause having been removed. If habit seems at fault the spinal douche at bed time may cure, especially if ..."

3. Okay, Girls by Helen Gilbert (2006)
"I was a bed-wetter back then and got into a lot of trouble with my companions when I would have an "accident." It meant changing sheets and created chaos ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1897)
"... apparently—the patient, a boy of 13, a persistent bed-wetter previously, never once passed water in his sleep after having chicken-pox. ..."

5. Short Talks with Young Mothers on the Management of Infants and Young Children by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1922)
"The relief of the inveterate bed-wetter of five or six years of age is often most difficult. The child must be examined by a physician to determine that ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"The patient was a bed-wetter till six years, and was a timid, self- conscious child. She had a narrow, rigid home environment where every normal instinct ..."

7. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"The bed wetter is not infrequently encountered. He should be treated with consideration and given medication and instruction? looking toward the prevention ..."

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