失しっ禁きん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

incontinence; involuntary urination/defecation

Medical and everyday term for loss of bladder or bowel control. Often used with する to mean 'to be incontinent' or 'to have an accident'.

• 高こう齢れいになると失しっ禁きんに悩なやむ人ひとも多おおい。

  Many elderly people suffer from incontinence.

• 咳せきをした拍ひょう子しに失しっ禁きんしてしまった。

  I accidentally lost bladder control when I coughed.