DIABETES INSIPIDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diabetes insipidus mean? 

• DIABETES INSIPIDUS (noun)
  The noun DIABETES INSIPIDUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DIABETES INSIPIDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIABETES INSIPIDUS (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

Classified under:

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)

 Context examples 

Diabetes insipidus (DI) causes frequent urination.

(Diabetes Insipidus, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

This test is used to see how well the kidneys work and to help diagnose diabetes insipidus (a condition in which a person is very thirsty and makes large amounts of urine).

(Fluid deprivation test, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in the gene results in autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus.

(AVP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes insipidus is not related to diabetes mellitus, which is more common.

(Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Dictionary)

This antidiuretic agent is used in the treatment of central diabetes insipidus.

(Desmopressin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes insipidus caused by decreased secretion of antidiuretic hormone from the pituitary gland.

(Neurogenic Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Thesaurus)

Diabetes insipidus caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to antidiuretic hormone.

(Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common types of diabetes insipidus are central diabetes insipidus (a pituitary disorder) and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (kidney failure).

(Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Dictionary)