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ADDISON'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Addison's syndrome mean? 

ADDISON'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun ADDISON'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skinplay

  Familiarity information: ADDISON'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADDISON'S SYNDROME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Addison's disease; Addison's syndrome; hypoadrenalism; hypoadrenocorticism

Hypernyms ("Addison's syndrome" is a kind of...):

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)


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