NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephrogenic diabetes insipidus mean? 

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

1. diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

diabetes insipidus (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)

 Context examples 

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

(Diabetes Insipidus, NCI Dictionary)