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verbhave a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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"a thirst for knowledge"nounstrong desire for something (not food or drink)
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nouna physiological need to drink
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verbfeel the need to drink
Definition that contains thirst
- diabetes a polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood; any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst
- quench satisfy (thirst)
- guzzle drink greedily or as if with great thirst
- assuage satisfy (thirst)
- allay satisfy (thirst)
- slake satisfy (thirst)
- ergotism poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
- iddm severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
- juvenile-onset diabetes severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease
- thirstily in a thirsty manner