POLYDIPSIA
\pˌɒlɪdˈɪpsi͡ə], \pˌɒlɪdˈɪpsiə], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_d_ˈɪ_p_s_iə]\
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By William R. Warner
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A constant desire for drinking, with a sense of dryness in the mouth and throat. It is mostly symptomatic of fever, inflammation, dropsy, excessive discharges, &c., and is so much a part of diabetes, that it has been called Polydipsia.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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