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polydipsia

[pol-ee-dip-see-uh]

noun Medicine/Medical.

excessive thirst.

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

pathol excessive thirst
Derived Formspolydipsic, adjective

Word Origin for polydipsia

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.

Excessive or abnormal thirst.
Related formspol′y•dip′sic adj.
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