diabetes insipidus

Noun

uncountable

A disease characterized by excretion of large amount of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced. It is generally related to a tumor or insult to the pituitary gland, where the hormonal signals the pituitary gives to the kidneys break down, and the kidneys do not conserve water, but express all water as urine. This is a rather rare disease.

Japanese Meaning

水分摂取を減らしても尿の量が減らず、極めて希釈された尿が大量に排出される病気。通常は下垂体の腫瘍や損傷に関連し、下垂体から腎臓へ伝達されるホルモン信号が崩れ、腎臓が水を再吸収できずに全てを尿として排出する、比較的珍しい疾患。