Medical Terminology / Unit 13 MedTerm 0874 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Diabetes Insipidus
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The idea
Diabetes insipidus is a condition of excessive urine production caused by a hormone imbalance, unrelated to blood glucose.
In practice
Insipidus comes from the Latin for tasteless, in contrast with mellitus.
Where people slip
Two conditions share the word diabetes. The second word carries the whole distinction.
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