polydipsia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English -dipsia

English polydipsia

From poly- + -dipsia.

Noun

polydipsia (usually uncountable, plural polydipsias)

1. (medicine) Excessive and constant thirst, caused by disease.

   Synonym: anadipsia

Derived terms

• polydipsic

Translations

excessive thirst — see also anadipsia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多渴症 (duōkězhèng)

• Finnish: vesijuoppous, polydipsia
• French: polydipsie (fr) f
• Italian: polydipsia f
• Polish: polidypsja f
• Portuguese: polydipsia f
• Spanish: polydipsia f