cushing's disease

Cushing's disease

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Definitions of cushing's disease words

noun cushing's disease a rare condition caused by excess corticosteroid hormones in the body, characterized chiefly by obesity of the trunk and face, high blood pressure, fatigue, and loss of calcium from the bones 3
noun cushing's disease a disorder of the adrenal cortex caused by a tumor in the pituitary, characterized by obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, etc. 3
noun cushing's disease a disease characterized by abnormal accumulations of facial and trunk fat, fatigue, hypertension, and osteoporosis, caused by hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex or administration of adrenal cortical hormones. 1

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

1935-40; after H. W. Cushing, who first described it

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