Meanings
noundiabetes insipidus (uncountable)
- uncountableA disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced.
Origin
- Latindiabetes insipidus“tasteless diabetes”
- Englishdiabetes insipidus
Learned borrowing from Latin diabetes insipidus (“tasteless diabetes”), as opposed to diabetes mellitus (“sweet diabetes”) because of the absence of glucose in urine in the former.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish vesitystauti
- vesitystautiDisease
French diabète insipide
- diabète insipideDisease
Greek άποιος διαβήτης
- άποιος διαβήτης (ápoios diavítis)Disease
Indonesian diabetes insipidus
- diabetes insipidusDisease
Italian diabete insipido
- diabete insipidoDisease
Polish moczówka prosta
- moczówka prostaDisease
Russian неса́харный диабе́т
- неса́харный диабе́т (nesáxarnyj diabét)Disease
Spanish diabetes insípida
- diabetes insípidaDisease
Thai เบาจืด
- เบาจืดDisease
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APA
diabetes insipidus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diabetes%20insipidus
MLA
“diabetes insipidus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diabetes%20insipidus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diabetes insipidus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diabetes%20insipidus.
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