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Cushing's disease
noun
, Pathology.
- 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
- 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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