adipsia, n.

[‘ Absence of thirst; lack or loss of the desire to drink; reluctance or refusal to drink.']

Pronunciation: Brit. /(ˌ)eɪˈdɪpsɪə/,  U.S. /eɪˈdɪpsiə/

Etymology: <  scientific Latin /adipsia/ (1769 or earlier), specific use of post-classical Latin /adipsia/ (a/1540) <  ancient Greek /ἄδιψος lacking thirst (see adipsous adj.) + classical Latin /-ia/ -ia suffix1. Compare earlier polydipsia n.

 /Med./

  Absence of thirst; lack or loss of the desire to drink; reluctance or refusal to drink.

1785  G. Motherby /New Med. Dict./ (ed. 2), /Adipsia/, want of thirst. Dr. Cullen ranks this as a genus of diseases, in the class locales, and order dysorexiæ.

1819 /London Med. Repository/ *11* 484 Adipsia, agheustia, and so on, including anosmia, are not diseases; they are symptomatic of a diseased state of some certain definable part, and the consequent disturbance of its function.

1847  H. V. Malan /Vade Mecum Homœopathic Practitioner/ 102 Frequent shivering, with adipsia.

1917  F. A. Welby tr. L. Luciani /Human Physiol./ IV. ii. 72 Adipsia or suppression of the sense of thirst is very rare.

1966 /Science/ 9 Sept. 1255/1 Rats that have recovered from the initial aphagia and adipsia produced by lateral hypothalamic brain damage..drink water only when they eat dry food.

2002  R. L. Souhami  & J. Moxham /Textbk. Med./ (ed. 4) xxi. 1103/2 Failure to maintain fluid intake in the presence of adipsia and diabetes insipidus exposes the patient to severe water depletion.

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