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单词 Cushing's syndrome
释义

Cushing's syndrome

noun [mass noun] Medicine
A metabolic disorder caused by overproduction of corticosteroid hormones by the adrenal cortex and often involving obesity and high blood pressure.Medical disorders such as Cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism and hypogonadism rarely cause obesity....
  • The consensus was that women who present with hyperandrogenism and chronic anovulation, in the absence of congenital adrenal disorders, Cushing's syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, or tumors should be diagnosed with PCOS.
  • It is useful to search for signs of hypothyroidism and Cushing's syndrome, although obesity is rarely the sole presentation of these conditions in adolescence.

Origin

1930s: named after Harvey W. Cushing (1869–1939), American surgeon.

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