bedwetting alarm

noun

A small device inserted into a person's undergarments during sleep that activates an alarm when urine is detected by its sensor, intended to wake the individual so they cease bedwetting.

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Meanings

nounbedwetting alarm (plural bedwetting alarms)

plural bedwetting alarms

  1. A small device inserted into a person's undergarments during sleep that activates an alarm when urine is detected by its sensor, intended to wake the individual so they cease bedwetting.

Origin

From bedwetting (“a type of urinary incontinence involving involuntary urination while in bed during sleep”) + alarm.

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bedwetting alarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedwetting%20alarm

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“bedwetting alarm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedwetting%20alarm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedwetting alarm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedwetting%20alarm.

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