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POLYDIPSIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("polydipsia" is a kind of...):
thirst; thirstiness (a physiological need to drink)
Holonyms ("polydipsia" is a part 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)
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