diabetes insipidus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of diabetes insipidus
C18: New Latin, literally: insipid diabetes
Example Sentences
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Chronic underproduction of ADH or a mutation in the ADH receptor results in diabetes insipidus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Furthermore, in the rare familial neurodegenerative disease diabetes insipidus, amyloid aggregation of the prohormone provasopressin in the endoplasmic reticulum causes endoplasmic reticulum stress that results in cellular death111.
From Nature • Nov. 8, 2016
Unusually large quantities of urine may point to diseases like diabetes mellitus or hypothalamic tumors that cause diabetes insipidus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Excessive urine production is polyuria, which may be due to diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In chronic Bright’s disease and diabetes insipidus, the specific gravity is low.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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