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单词 adipsia
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adipsian.

Brit. /(ˌ)eɪˈdɪpsɪə/, U.S. /eɪˈdɪpsiə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adipsia.
Etymology: < scientific Latin adipsia (1769 or earlier), specific use of post-classical Latin adipsia (a1540) < ancient Greek ἄδιψος lacking thirst (see adipsous adj.) + classical Latin -ia -ia suffix1. Compare earlier polydipsia n.
Medicine.
Absence of thirst; lack or loss of the desire to drink; reluctance or refusal to drink.
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1785 G. Motherby New Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Adipsia, want of thirst. Dr. Cullen ranks this as a genus of diseases, in the class locales, and order dysorexiæ.
1819 London Med. Repository 11 484 Adipsia, agheustia, and so on, including anosmia, are not diseases; they are symptomatic of a diseased state of some certain definable part, and the consequent disturbance of its function.
1847 H. V. Malan Vade Mecum Homœopathic Practitioner 102 Frequent shivering, with adipsia.
1917 F. A. Welby tr. L. Luciani Human Physiol. IV. ii. 72 Adipsia or suppression of the sense of thirst is very rare.
1966 Science 9 Sept. 1255/1 Rats that have recovered from the initial aphagia and adipsia produced by lateral hypothalamic brain damage..drink water only when they eat dry food.
2002 R. L. Souhami & J. Moxham Textbk. Med. (ed. 4) xxi. 1103/2 Failure to maintain fluid intake in the presence of adipsia and diabetes insipidus exposes the patient to severe water depletion.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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