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Definition of Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
1. Noun. Diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin.
Medical Definition of Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
1. Diabetes insipidus due to inability of the kidney tubules to respond to antidiuretic hormone; X-linked inheritance, with full expression in males and partial defect in heterozygous females. Synonym: vasopressin-resistant diabetes. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Literary usage of Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards by Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council (2006)
"For individuals with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, the respective total fluoride
exposures for children (3-5 years old) and adults are 0.184 and 0.164 ..."
2. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"This condition results in an obligatory urinary output of greater than 2000
ml/day—in effect, a form of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. ..."
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