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Diabetes Insipidus

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Diabetes insipidus is a condition of excessive urine production caused by a hormone imbalance, unrelated to blood glucose.

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Insipidus comes from the Latin for tasteless, in contrast with mellitus.

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Two conditions share the word diabetes. The second word carries the whole distinction.

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