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Polydipsia

Excessive and constant thirst caused by disease.

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Excessive and constant thirst caused by disease.

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Word	Definition
psychogenic	(psychiatry) Originating from or caused by state of mind; having a psychological rather than a physiological cause.
polydypsianoun	Misspelling of polydipsia. [(medicine) Excessive and constant thirst, caused by disease.]
hyperdipsianoun	(medicine) excessive thirst
dipsosisnoun	(medicine) Any condition characterized by excessive thirst
dipsesisnoun	(medicine) Abnormal or excessive thirst; hyperdipsia.
oligodipsianoun	(medicine) Pathologically reduced or absent sense of thirst.
hypodipsianoun	(medicine) A deficiency of thirst.
polyphagianoun	An excessive appetite for food
polyurianoun	(pathology) The production of an abnormally large amount of urine; one symptom of diabetes
overdiuresisnoun	(medicine) Excessive diuresis, typically causing inappropriate polyuria and thus potentially dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.
hyperphagianoun	Synonym of polyphagia (“excessive appetite for food”).
diabetes insipidusnoun	A disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced.
diabetesnoun	(pathology) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
diuresisnoun	(biology, medicine) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase.
polyuresisnoun	(less common) Synonym of polyuria.
adipsianoun	(medicine) Absence of thirst.
dipsopathynoun	Alcoholism.
potomanianoun	An excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.
hydromanianoun	An intense attraction to water.
hypersialorrheanoun	Excessive drooling