nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

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   diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin

   Broaderdiabetes insipidus

Questions about nephrogenic diabetes insipidus

What does nephrogenic diabetes insipidus mean?

nephrogenic diabetes insipidus means "diabetes insipidus caused by a failure of the kidney to respond to normal levels of vasopressin".

Is nephrogenic diabetes insipidus a common word?

nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.