| pituitary diabetes insipidus |
sometimes referred to as central diabetes insipidus. A disorder due to injury or damage to the pituitary gland, which results in not enough, or none of the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin (which regulates body fluid levels) being released or produced. As a result, a large amount of dilute urine is excreted, followed by dehydration and great thirst; it is often attended by voracious appetite, loss of strength, and emaciation. It may be inherited, acquired, or idiopathic.
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