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polydipsia

[pol-ee-dip-see-uh]
noun Medicine/Medical.
  1. excessive thirst.
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Origin of polydipsia

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek polydíps(ios) very thirsty (poly- poly- + díps(a) thirst + -ios adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
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British Dictionary definitions for polydipsia

polydipsia

noun
  1. pathol excessive thirst
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Derived Formspolydipsic, adjective

Word Origin

C18: New Latin, from poly- + -dipsia, from Greek dipsa thirst
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Word Origin and History for polydipsia

n.

"excessive thirst," 1650s, from Greek polydipsios "very thirsty," from poly- (see poly-) + dipsa "thirst" + -ia "condition of."

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polydipsia in Medicine

polydipsia

(pŏl′ē-dĭp′sē-ə)
n.
  1. Excessive or abnormal thirst.
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Related formspol′y•dip′sic adj.
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