Polydipsia

Polydipsia
Polydipsia
Specialty	Endocrinology, psychiatry

Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking.^[1] The word derives from the Greek πολυδίψιος (poludípsios) "very thirsty",^[2] which is derived from πολύς (polús, "much, many") + δίψα (dípsa, "thirst"). Polydipsia is a nonspecific symptom in various medical disorders. It also occurs as an abnormal behaviour in some non-human animals, such as in birds.^[3]

^ Porth, C. M. (1990). Pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
^ πολυδίψιος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
^ Hamm R.J.; Porter J.H.; Kaempf G.L. (1981). "Stimulus generalization of schedule-induced polydipsia". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 36 (1): 93–99. doi:10.1901/jeab.1981.36-93. PMC 1333055. PMID 16812235.

[pathophys-1] Porth, C. M. (1990). Pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.

[2] πολυδίψιος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project

[3] Hamm R.J.; Porter J.H.; Kaempf G.L. (1981). "Stimulus generalization of schedule-induced polydipsia". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 36 (1): 93–99. doi:10.1901/jeab.1981.36-93. PMC 1333055. PMID 16812235.

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