Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive or abnormal thirst.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, excessive thirst. It is usually accompanied by hydruria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Excessive and constant thirst occasioned by disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
Excessive and constantthirst occasioned by disease.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The funny thing is, I'd just been reading about psychogenic polydipsia.
Archive 2005-04-01 2005
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The first signs of poisoning in dogs include vomiting, haematemesis, and polydipsia.
Death By Chocolate Beach Blogger 2005
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The first signs of poisoning in dogs include vomiting, haematemesis, and polydipsia.
Archive 2005-09-01 Beach Blogger 2005
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In Type 1 diabetes, the classic symptoms are excessive secretion of urine (polyuria), thirst (polydipsia), weight loss and a feeling of lassitude.
Chapter 2 1999
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In the autumn of 1918, the patient had polydipsia and polyuria, and complained of weakness.
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About the middle of March, 1917, he suddenly developed polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia, and lost fourteen pounds in weight in a fortnight.
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In the dog the blood sugar rises from normal to 150 to 300 mg per cent; there is glycosuria; ketonemia and ketonuria increase; and there is polyuria and polydipsia.
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There are three cases of polydipsia reported from London in 1792. 9.121
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There was apparently no polydipsia during the daytime.
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Many instances could be quoted, some in which extreme cases of polydipsia and bulimia developed; these can be readily attributed to the increased call for liquids and food.
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