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pol·y·dip·si·a (p

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Excessive or abnormal thirst.

[poly- + Greek dipsa, thirst + -ia.]

poly·dipsic adj.

polydipsia [ˌpɒlɪˈdɪpsɪə]

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol excessive thirst

[New Latin, from poly- + -dipsia, from Greek dipsa thirst]

polydipsic adj

polydipsia

extreme thirst; an abnormal and continuous craving for drink.

See also: Alcohol

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Noun

polydipsia - excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)

thirst, thirstiness - a physiological need to drink

diabetes - a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

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alcohol diabetes poly- thirst Thirstiness			These findings are pathognomonic for SIADH rather than primary polydipsia, which circumstance would result in maximally dilute urine with physiological suppression of AVP. Treatment of EAH-induced encephalopathy with hypertonic (3%) saline: ... by Siegel, Arthur J. / AMAA Journal HYPOTONIC POLYURIA SYNDROMES are neurogenic diabetes insipidus (DI), nephrogenic DI, and primary polydipsia. Transient hypothalamic hypothyroidism and diabetes insipidus after ... by Eres, Meltem / Southern Medical Journal			primary color for pigments primary colors primary colour primary colour for light primary colour for pigments primary consumer primary control officer primary control ship primary dentition primary dysmenorrhea primary education primary effect primary election primary feather primary flight control primary growth primary health care primary imagery dissemination primary imagery dissemination system primary interest Primary meeting primary meristem primary mirror Primary pinna Primary planets primary polydipsia primary processes primary products primary qualities Primary qualities of bodies primary quill Primary quills primary review authority Primary rocks primary root Primary salt primary school primary sector primary sex character primary sex characteristic primary sexual characteristic primary solid solution primary source primary stress primary structure primary subtractive color for light primary subtractive colour for light primary succession primary syphilis primary target primary teacher			primary phototoxicity primary physician Primary Physician Group Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease Primary pigments Primary pinna Primary Place of Business Primary Place of Usage primary planet Primary planets Primary Plant Control Primary Plant Instrumentation Primary Plasma Condenser primary plasticizer Primary Plate Analyzer Primary Plugging Temperature Indicator primary pneumonic plague Primary Point Primary Point Code Primary Point of Contact Primary Point of Escalation Primary Policy Database primary pollutant primary polycythemia primary polycythemia primary polycythemia primary polydipsia primary porosity Primary Position Upbeat Nystagmus Primary Posterior Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis Primary Postoperative Peptic Esophageal Stricture primary power cable Primary Power Distribution Primary Power Interface Primary Power Source/Supply Primary Power System Primary powers Primary Practice Opportunities of Virginia Primary Pressure Primary prevention Primary prevention Primary prevention Primary prevention primary process primary process Primary Process Group primary process thinking primary process thinking primary process thinking primary process thinking primary processes primary processes Primary producer Primary Product Server Primary production Primary production Primary productivity

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