medical Definition of central diabetes insipidus
: diabetes insipidus caused by insufficient production of vasopressin and resulting from damage (as from injury, infection, or disease) to the pituitary gland or hypothalamus
- Central diabetes insipidus is a heterogeneous condition characterized by polyuria and polydipsia due to a deficiency of arginine vasopressin.
- —Mohamad Maghnie et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 5 Oct. 2000
