资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Incontinence \In*con"ti*nence\, Incontinency \In*con"ti*nen*cy\,
   n. [L. incontinentia: cf. F. incontinence.]
   1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or
      restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want
      of continence; failure to restrain the passions or
      appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness.

            That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. --1
                                                  Cor. vii. 5.

            From the rash hand of bold incontinence. --Milton.

   2. (Med.) The inability of any of the animal organs to
      restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges
      are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.

资料来源 : WordNet®

incontinency
     n : involuntary urination or defecation [syn: {incontinence}]