diabetes insipidus

Noun diabetes insipidus has 1 sense

• diabetes insipidus(n = noun.state) - a rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst;
is a kind of diabetes
has particulars: nephrogenic diabetes insipidus