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CUSHING'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cushing's disease mean? 

CUSHING'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CUSHING'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesityplay

  Familiarity information: CUSHING'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CUSHING'S DISEASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Cushing's disease; hyperadrenalism

Hypernyms ("Cushing's disease" is a kind of...):

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


 Context examples 


A disorder characterized by signs and symptoms that resemble Cushing's disease or syndrome: buffalo hump obesity, striations, adiposity, hypertension, diabetes, and osteoporosis, usually due to exogenous corticosteroids.

(Cushingoid, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

When secondary to excessive pituitary secretion of adrenocorticotropin, it is known as Cushing's disease.

(Cushing syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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