Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathol, morbid thirst; excessive or perverted desire for drinking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Excessive thirst produced by disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine Any condition characterized by excessive
thirst
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Examples
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Where much intoxication is present, anorexia and dipsosis are to be noticed.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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