diabetes insipidus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of diabetes insipidus
C18: New Latin, literally: insipid diabetes
Example Sentences
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Discuss why Ralph would be at higher risk for 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
Both diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus produce large urine volumes, but how would other characteristics of the urine differ between the two diseases?
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
This salt-free diet has been recommended not only in nephritis and heart disease, but also in diabetes insipidus and in epilepsy.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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