Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Sim·monds' disease Pronunciation:
'sim-&n(d)z- Function:
noun : a disease that is characterized by extreme and progressive emaciationwith atrophy of internal organs, loss of body hair, and evidences of premature aging resulting from atrophy or destruction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Simámonds /'zim-onts,/ Morris (1855–1925), German physician. Simmonds described a disease caused by atrophy of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in 1914.
