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Polydipsia
| Polydipsia | |
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| Specialty | Endocrinology, psychiatry |
Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking.[1] The word derives from Greek πολυδίψιος (poludípsios) 'very thirsty',[2] which is derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) 'much, many' and δίψα (dípsa) 'thirst'. Polydipsia is a nonspecific symptom in various medical disorders. It also occurs as an abnormal behaviour in some non-human animals, such as in birds.[3]
- ^ Porth, C. M. (1990). Pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
- ^ πολυδίψιος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ^ Hamm R.J.; Porter J.H.; Kaempf G.L. (1981). "Stimulus generalization of schedule-induced polydipsia". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 36 (1): 93–99. doi:10.1901/jeab.1981.36-93. PMC 1333055. PMID 16812235.
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