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单词 cushing's disease
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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.
Also called Cushing's syndrome.

Origin of Cushing's disease

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

Words nearby Cushing's disease

cushaw, cush-cush, cushie-doo, Cushing, cushingoid, Cushing's disease, Cushing's syndrome, Cushing's syndrome medicamentosus, cushion, cushion cut, cushion pink
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British Dictionary definitions for Cushing's disease

Cushing's disease

Cushing's syndrome

/ (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

Word Origin for Cushing's disease

C20: named after Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939), US neurosurgeon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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