| 释义 |
sim·monds' disease
\ˈsimən(d)z-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after Morris Simmonds died 1925 German physician
: a disease characterized by extreme and progressive emaciation with atrophy of internal organs, loss of body hair, evidences of premature aging and caused by atrophy or destruction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland |