diabetes insipidus
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1. a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | diabetes, |
| definition | : | a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, |
| definition | : | diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin (noun.state) |
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