La polidípsia és un símptoma mèdic en el qual el pacient mostra la set excessiva. La paraula deriva de la grega πολυδιψία, que es deriva de πολύς ("polis", molt/s) + δίψα (DIPSA, "set"). Un terme etimològicament relacionat és dipsomania, entesa com a alcoholisme.

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