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NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS
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I. (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)
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