Potty Training Glossary

When you come to here, we want to make sure you have all the information that you need and that includes the meaning of terminology that is used here too. There are many words that pertain to potty training specifically that you may never have heard of, as well as words that have a different meaning when it comes to potty training and using them in reference to that. 

We created this entire section of potty training glossary words to make sure that no matter what you were reading you would know what the word meant or what it means in the context of potty training.

Look words up in the glossary whenever necessary so that you are always understanding the meaning of anything you are reading, as well as being able to understand the differences in terminology too.

It is amazing how many other words an phrases there are when it comes to potty training and here is where you can find all those answers to any words that you are unsure about. The glossary is large and you will be able to easily go through and find the words and their meaning that you need.

They are set up alphabetically for easy searching and finding, so you will never have a problem finding what you need. This is so important to know what something means and how it pertains to potty training too. So make sure you go through here whenever necessary or when you have a question about a word too. 

For more potty training information and advice, make sure you check out our great section: Potty Training Tips & Info.

• Anal Fissure: A painful tear in in the skin of the anus, it is usually cause by passing a hard or large bowel movement.
• Anti-Diuretic hormone(ADH): Also known as vasopressin; hormaone secreted by the pituitary gland that regulates the excretion of urine by the kidney.
• Anus: The last part of the digestive system, and the outlet of the rectum.
• Anxiety: Is a general feeling of uneasiness or mental distress
• Autism: A develpoment disability, usually appearing in the early years of a child's life. It is a neurological disorder that affects the child's ability to communitcate, social interactions, and cognitive processes.
• Bladder: Small muscular balloons that stores urine.
• Bladder Control: Voluntarily restraint of urination.
• Bowel Control: Voluntarily restraint of bowel movements.
• Chronological age: Is the length of time a person has existed since birth.
• Constipation: Hard, dry or infrequent bowel movement.
• Desensitize: To make someone less sensitive or reactive to particular stimulation or event.
• Desmopressin: A synthetic hormone used to supplement naturally secreted vasopressin; reduces that amount of urine produced by the kidney; also know by trademark DDAVP
• Enuresis: The involuntary passing of urine
• Encopresis: The involuntary passing of bowel movements
• Fiber: The components of plants that cannot be digested and pass through the intestine as a part of a bowel movement.
• Frequency: How often urination occurs; increased frequency may occur with small bladder capacity or urinary infection; average person urinates five to nine times per days.
• Frustration: The feeling of disappointment in a certain experience or event when unable to overcome it.
• Functional Bladder Capacity: The amount of urine the bladder holds when it alerts the brain that it is full.
• Habit Training: Refers to the process in which someone is taught to eliminate on the toilet at specific times of the day, as opposed to accessing the toilet when one is physically aware of the need to eliminate.
• Hormones: A substance produced by an organ that travels by the bloodstream to act upon a distant tissue.
• Imitation: Mimicking or copying another's action.
• Impulsive: Describes unplanned, sudden, or spontaneous acts.
• Kidney: A paired organ in the body that produces urine.
• Lifting: A technique where the child is awakened or carried to the bathroom to urinate
• Mental Age: referring to the age level which a person functions or performs.
• Natural Schedule:refers to the use of the naturally occurring events to determine preplanned times for toileting
• Nocturnal Enuresis:Wetting that occurs during sleep
• Oxybutynin: A medication that allows bladder muscles to relax and hold more urine; also known by the trademark Ditropan.
• Panic Attack: are episodes of extreme anxiety in which various physical changes occur, such as heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling or nausea
• Pelvic Floor Muscles: Groin muscles that helps to control the flow of urine.
• Potty Chairs:Free standing, portable toilets, available in a variety of sizes, materials, and styles.
• Potty Seats: are supportive devices to be placed on the toilet,
• Primary Enuresis:Wetting that has always been present (primary nocturnal enuresis is wetting that has always been present during sleep)
• Regression: A return to a former state of performance.
• Relapse: Two or more wet nights in a week after a prolonged period of dryness
• Role model: Is someone whom another person observes and mimics
• Secondary Enuresis: Wetting the occurs after at least six months of consistent dryness.
• Serotonin: A substance the regulates cyclic body processes such as sleep and memory.
• Stress: Refers to physiological changes that occur in response to stimulation or change
• Tantrums: Refers to episodes of unacceptable behaviors that disrupt ongoing activities and may consist of intense actions such as screaming, stomping feet, throwing objects, or aggression
• Temperament: The inborn behavioral style that influences the way a child interacts with caregivers and the environment
• Timed Voiding: Emptying bladder during the day at regular intervals of time.
• Timed Voiding Programs: Techniques where a reminder is used as a reminder to urinate.
• Toilet Training: Is a procedure for teaching someone to use the toilet for urination of defecation
• Training Pants: Are specially designed undergarments to wear during the period of toilet training in place of diapers.
• Tryptophan:An amino acid formed from protein during digestion, triggers serotonin release.
• Urgency:The sensation of the need to urinate very soon
• Ureter: Small tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
• Urethea: Tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.
• Urinary system: Responsible for producing urine, storing it and getting rid of it.
• Urinary Tract infection (UTI): A condition where bacteria (germs) grow anywhere along the tracts where the urine passes, causing an infection. Can occur in the kidney, ureter, bladder or urethra.
• Vasopressin: Also known as ADH; hormone secreted by the pituitary gland that regulates the excretion of urine by the kidney.
• Voiding: The act of excreting urine.