diabetes insipidus
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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
Types & categories
- diabetes hypernym
- nephrogenic diabetes insipidus hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diabetes |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nephrogenic diabetes insipidus |