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oligodipsia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oligodip-sia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pathologically reduced or absent sense of thirst.

Uncountable

Etymology

From oligo- + -dipsia, from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “few”) and δῐ́ψᾰ (dĭ́psă, “thirst”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

oligodipsic

Antonyms

polydipsia

Questions

What does oligodipsia mean?
Pathologically reduced or absent sense of thirst.
Where does oligodipsia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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