DIABETES INSIPIDUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diabetes insipidus" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diabetes insipidus"):

nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin)

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