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NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

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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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