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  2. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

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    One approach to a diagnosis is to divide ADH release into appropriate (not SIADH) or inappropriate (SIADH). Appropriate ADH release can be a result of hypovolemia, a so-called non-osmotic trigger of ADH release. This may be true hypovolemia, as a result of dehydration with fluid losses replaced by free water.

  3. Addison's disease - Wikipedia

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    The frequency rate of Addison's disease in the human population is sometimes estimated at one in 100,000. [39] Some put the number closer to 40–144 cases per million population (1/25,000–1/7,000). [1] [40] [41] Addison's can affect persons of any age, sex, or ethnicity, but it typically presents in adults between 30 and 50 years of age.

  4. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed (勺, 銑, 脹, 錘, 匁).

  5. The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

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    The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (新版ネルソン漢英辞典, Shinpan Neruson Kan-Ei jiten) is a kanji dictionary published with English speakers in mind. It is an updated version of the original dictionary authored by Andrew N. Nelson, The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary .

  6. Diabetes insipidus - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia (fl. in the first century CE) used that word, with the intended meaning "excessive discharge of urine", as the name for the disease. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Ultimately, the word comes from Greek διαβαίνειν ( diabainein ), meaning "to pass through", [ 25 ] which is composed of δια - ( dia ...

  7. List of Japanese typographic symbols - Wikipedia

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    The character originated as a cursive form of ト, the top component of 占 (as in 占める shimeru), and was then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation. See ryakuji for similar abbreviations. This character is also commonly used in regards to sushi. In this context, it refers that the sushi is pickled, and it is still pronounced shime.

  8. Japanese abbreviated and contracted words - Wikipedia

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    These characters are compiled into two syllabaries: hiragana and katakana. Japanese also makes extensive use of adopted Chinese characters, or kanji, which may be pronounced with one or more syllables. Therefore, when a word or phrase is abbreviated, it does not take the form of initials, but the key characters of the original phrase, such that ...

  9. Help:Installing Japanese character sets - Wikipedia

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    This help page will help you to install Japanese character fonts so that your computer will display Japanese characters properly on the Internet in your web browser. All modern operating systems and web browsers support Japanese characters, and they are used in many different articles throughout Wikipedia. Some computers with English or other ...