Definition of diabetes insipidus in English:
diabetes insipidus
noun dʌɪəˌbiːtiːz ɪnˈsɪpɪdəsˌdīəˌbēdēz inˈsipidəs
mass nounA disease in which the secretion of or response to the pituitary hormone vasopressin is impaired, resulting in the production of very large quantities of dilute urine, often with dehydration and insatiable thirst.
Example sentencesExamples
- The vet suggests several lab tests to rule out a urinary tract infection and other more serious diseases such as diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus.
- Pure water loss is frequently associated with fever, hyperventilation or diabetes insipidus.
- Patients with intracranial germinoma at other locations may present with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, and Perinaud syndrome.
- Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is caused by mutations in the vasopressin receptor or the aquaporin - 2 gene.
- A 35-year-old woman was referred to our neurosurgery department with symptoms of hemianopsia, diabetes insipidus, amenorrhea, and a presumptive diagnosis of pituitary tumor.
Origin
Late 19th century: from diabetes + Latin insipidus 'insipid'.
Definition of diabetes insipidus in US English:
diabetes insipidus
nounˌdīəˌbēdēz inˈsipidəs
A disease in which the secretion of or response to the pituitary hormone vasopressin is impaired, resulting in the production of very large quantities of dilute urine, often with dehydration and insatiable thirst.
Example sentencesExamples
- Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is caused by mutations in the vasopressin receptor or the aquaporin - 2 gene.
- Pure water loss is frequently associated with fever, hyperventilation or diabetes insipidus.
- A 35-year-old woman was referred to our neurosurgery department with symptoms of hemianopsia, diabetes insipidus, amenorrhea, and a presumptive diagnosis of pituitary tumor.
- Patients with intracranial germinoma at other locations may present with diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, and Perinaud syndrome.
- The vet suggests several lab tests to rule out a urinary tract infection and other more serious diseases such as diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus.
Origin
Late 19th century: from diabetes + Latin insipidus ‘insipid’.