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‖ polydipsia Path.|pɒlɪˈdɪpsɪə|
(In 7 anglicized as poludipsie.)
[a. Gr. type *πολυδιψία: cf. πολυδίψιος very thirsty, πολύδιψος causing excessive thirst. So. F. polydipsie.]
Morbidly or abnormally excessive thirst. In quot. 1660 fig.
1660Hickeringill Jamaica (1661) 40 Such is some mens prophane Bouhmy and insatiable Poludipsie after Gold. 1795Gentl. Mag. LXV. ii. 926/1 About the time this case was first published a case of Polydipsia occurred in this country. 1846G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 305 Hydruria, which is also known as diuresis, polyuresis, and polydipsia, seems to be capable of continuing sometimes for several years without..any other morbid symptoms than a frequent desire to micturate, and an insatiable thirst. |