Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nephrogenic_diabetes_insipidus

1 sense of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Sense 1
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus -- (diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin)
       => diabetes insipidus -- (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)