nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

9.2

Kidneys do not respond to the hormone that saves water, causing extreme thirst and passing a lot of urine

noun
/ˌnɛfrəˈdʒɛnɪk daɪəˈbiːtɪs ɪnˈsɪpɪdəs/

Specialized

: diabetes insípido nefrogénico

The doctor diagnosed the patient with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus after confirming the kidneys were unresponsive to vasopressin.

Examples

Unlike other types of diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus does not improve with hormone therapy alone.
Children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus may present symptoms such as excessive thirst and frequent urination from an early age.
Patients with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus often experience extreme thirst.
She was diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus last year.
Children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus may present symptoms such as excessive thirst and frequent urination from an early age.
The doctor diagnosed the patient with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus after confirming the kidneys were unresponsive to vasopressin.
Unlike other types of diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus does not improve with hormone therapy alone.

Synonyms

diabetes insipidus

vsnephrogenic diabetes insipidus

Specialized

7.3

A rare condition that makes the body produce a lot of very watery urine and feel very thirsty

occurs when kidneys do not respond to normal vasopressin despite normal hormone levels

Surface Forms

nephrogenic diabetes insipidus singular

nephrogenic diabetes insipidus plural

Morphology

nephrogenic + diabetes + insipidus

The phrase denotes a kidney-related (nephro-) form of diabetes insipidus, so if a learner knows that 'nephrogenic' relates to the kidney and that 'diabetes insipidus' is a condition of excessive urination/thirst, the overall meaning can be partly inferred. However, the components are technical morphological elements unfamiliar to most B1 learners and require medical knowledge, so the connection is not fully transparent.

Etymology

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus comes from older word parts: nephro means 'kidney' and -genic means 'caused by', while diabetes insipidus was a medical name for a condition where the body 'passes too much water' in the urine. So the name literally says 'diabetes insipidus caused by the kidneys', which explains why today it means the kidneys do not respond to a hormone and the person produces a lot of urine.