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Simmonds Path.|ˈsɪməndz|
[The name of Morris Simmonds (1855–1925), German pathologist, who described the disease in 1914 (Deutsch. med. Wochenschr. 12 Feb. 322).]
Simmonds' (also Simmonds's, ¶ Simmond's) disease: pituitary insufficiency caused by destruction of the gland, characterized by weakness, loss of body hair, and progressive gonadal, adrenocortical, and thyroidal failure, and occurring chiefly in women; esp. the chronic form (cf. Sheehan's syndrome).
1928Q. Cumulative Index Medicus II. 993/2 Pituitary cachexia (Simmonds' disease). 1937Jrnl. Path. & Bacteriol. XLV. 189 The significance of necrosis of the anterior pituitary chiefly concerns its relationship to the series of disorders of pituitary function which culminate in Simmonds's disease. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxv. 6/2 The necrosis of anterior pituitary cells is followed by pituitary hypofunction (Simmond's disease). |