Addisonianadj.1
/ˌadᵻˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌædəˈsoʊniən/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of Joseph Addison, his works, esp. periodical literature, or his elegant and equable literary style.
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1789 A. Seward Let. 29 May (1811) II. 268 It appears to me that the Addisonian sentence, taking nothing in the abstract, could not be translated into any thing like poetry.
1849 H. Melville Redburn xliii. 270 I strove to talk in Addisonian English.
1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 467/2 ‘Ah, that is indeed a letter,’ sighs the lover of the Addisonian epoch.
1929 D. Cecil Stricken Deer iii. 104 The easy, humorous, Addisonian style of his youth.
1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 May 584/2 In the eighteenth century..the cultural ideal of Addisonian politeness..animated the Scottish illuminati.
2008 Michigan Academician (Nexis) Jan. 81 Franklin adapts the Addisonian model of urbane wit to the vernacular voice of an uneducated, middle-class widow.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
Addisonianadj.2
/ˌadᵻˈsəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌædəˈsoʊniən/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Addison's disease; affected with Addison's disease.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [adjective] > other glandular disorders
Addisonian1885
adenoidal1894
polyendocrine1965
1885 Lancet 28 Feb. 375/1 I am aware that in the eyes of some this fact is sufficient to remove the case from the Addisonian category.
1929 M. A. Goldzieher Adrenals v. 272 The hypoglycemia and increased glucose tolerance of the Addisonian patients.
1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxxviii. 392 Tuberculous melanodermia appears to be an accidental copy of Addisonian melanodermia when tuberculosis has affected the abdominal sympathetic and the suprarenal capsule and plexus.
2007 Progress Neuro-Psychopharmacol. & Biol. Psychiatry 31 957/1 Administration of prednisolone 5mg/day improved the addisonian symptoms.
Compounds
Addisonian anaemia n. now rare = pernicious anaemia n. (cf. Addison's anaemia n. at Addison n. 2).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > deficiency of red cells > anaemia > types of
ischemy1855
pernicious anaemia1874
ischaemia1878
Addison's anaemia1886
Addisonian pernicious anaemia1894
favism1903
Addisonian anaemia1904
hypoplastic anaemia1906
sickle cell anaemia1922
sicklemia1932
thalassaemia1932
Cooley's anaemia1934
Mediterranean disease1936
target cell anaemia1938
1904 Lancet 20 Feb. 508/2 The cases..were distinguished therefrom by..the absence of the bone marrow changes generally seen in true Addisonian anaemia.
1933 Discovery Mar. 83/1 Pernicious anaemia, or as it is more generally known, Addisonian anaemia, was first described..in 1856.
2000 M. Lucock in C. J. Pallister & C. D. R. Dunn Progress in Haematol. 2 i. 23 When due to B12 deficiency, the anaemia is called pernicious or Addisonian anaemia.
Addisonian crisis n. acute insufficiency of corticosteroid secretion, seen esp. in patients with Addison's (or other adrenal) disease, and manifested by hypotension and shock; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > diseases characterized by > phase of
Addisonian crisis1932
1932 Lancet 23 July 197/1 The use of cortical extract in Addisonian crisis is often compared to the use of insulin in diabetic coma.
1946 L. J. Sofer Dis. Adrenals v. 98 An increase in cyanosis associated with Addisonian crisis and vascular collapse.
2000 Jrnl. Telemed. & Telecare 6 119/1 A monotone/subdued voice..heralds an Addisonian crisis.
Addisonian pernicious anaemia n. now rare = Addisonian anaemia n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > deficiency of red cells > anaemia > types of
ischemy1855
pernicious anaemia1874
ischaemia1878
Addison's anaemia1886
Addisonian pernicious anaemia1894
favism1903
Addisonian anaemia1904
hypoplastic anaemia1906
sickle cell anaemia1922
sicklemia1932
thalassaemia1932
Cooley's anaemia1934
Mediterranean disease1936
target cell anaemia1938
1894 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 June 377 Many modern writers place the apparently causeless cases apart or as true ‘Addisonian pernicious anæmia’.
1960 Lancet 27 Aug. 458/2 (title) Cerebral manifestations of Addisonian pernicious anæmia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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