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Cushing's disease

noun

, Pathology.
  1. 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.

Cushing's disease

/ ˈkʊʃɪŋz /

noun

  1. 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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cushing's disease1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cushing's disease1

C20: named after Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939), US neurosurgeon

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