Lakisha is 11 and still urinates into her clothes or in her bed. Her father also wet the bed when he was a youth. The prognosis is good that Lakisha's problems will end without treatment. The disorder she best illustrates is ____.

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Enuresis is the medical term for involuntary urination, especially by children at night (bedwetting), which fits Lakisha's situation. The fact that her father also experienced this suggests a genetic predisposition, and many children outgrow the condition without specific treatment.

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