Water-intoxication Definition

noun

A potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.

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Singular:
water-intoxication
Plural:
water intoxications

Water-intoxication Sentence Examples

  • My first experience with a client with water intoxication was in the early 1980s.

  • The US research certainly suggests that the incidence of polydipsia is high, and that self-induced water intoxication is common.

  • An adult whose heart, kidneys, and pituitary gland are functioning properly would have to drink more than two gallons of water a day to develop water intoxication.

  • Since the brain is the organ most susceptible to overhydration, a change in behavior is usually the first symptom of water intoxication.

  • Blood pressure is sometimes higher than normal, but elevations may not be noticed even when the degree of water intoxication is serious.

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