Noun: 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
"Her diabetes insipidus was managed with synthetic vasopressin"
Type of: diabetes
Encyclopedia: Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic type 1