POLYDIPSIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("polydipsia" is a kind of...):

thirst; thirstiness (a physiological need to drink)

Holonyms ("polydipsia" is a part 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)

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