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polydipsia
The drinking of water in abnormally large amounts.

It may be psycogenic, or secondary to dehydration due to any cause, or an attempt to keep up with a sustained polyuria, as in diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus.

This entry is located in the following units: hydro-, hydra-, hydr-, hyd- (page 15) poly- (page 6)
Word Entries containing the term: “polydipsia
psychogenic nocturnal polydipsia syndrome
Emotionally induced excessive water drinking at night.
This entry is located in the following units: dipso-, -dipsia, -dipsy, -dipsias + (page 3) nocti-, noct-, nox (page 2) poly- (page 20)
psychogenic polydipsia
Excessive fluid consumption resulting from a disorder of the personality, without any demonstrable organic lesion (pathological or traumatic discontinuity of tissue or loss of the function of a body part).
This entry is located in the following units: dipso-, -dipsia, -dipsy, -dipsias + (page 3) poly- (page 20)