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Low Vasopressin Large amounts of diluted urine and excessive thirst (polydipsia) are characteristic of a group of conditions formerly known as diabetes insipidus.—James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024 Your diet may play a role in potentially developing polydipsia or related symptoms, certainly, as can other lifestyle factors; sometimes, thirst may be an indicator of a larger issue that requires a doctor's help.—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2020 At Patton, Nunez was treated for schizophrenia and developed psychogenic polydipsia, which drives a pervasive addiction to water.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019 Psychogenic polydipsia is a chronic disorder in which certain psychiatric patients compulsively consume large quantities of water.—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019 Though dying from drinking too much fluid might sound like a freak accident, polydipsia is not uncommon in psychiatric hospitals like Springfield.—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017 Among patients with schizophrenia, those with severe polydipsia have a 75 percent chance of dying before patients without the compulsion to drink water, according to another study published in 2009 in Schizophrenia Research.—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
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borrowed from New Latin, from Greek polýdipsos "causing great thirst" (from poly-poly- + -dipsos, adjective derivative of dípsa "thirst," of uncertain origin) + -ia entry 1
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