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Addison's disease en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Dr. Thomas Addison (1793-1860), of London, who first described it.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.
    • Nearly thirty years before the date of Addison's discovery, his eminent colleague, Dr. Bright, had observed and recorded, in his celebrated 'Reports of Medical Cases,' a case of Addison's disease. 1875, Edward Headlam Greenhow, Addison's Disease, Lindsay and Blackston, page 6:

Relateds

Addisonian

Synonyms

chronic adrenal insufficiency · bronzed skin disease · hypoadrenocorticism · Addisonianism · hypocorticism · primary adrenal insufficiency · hypocortisolism

Translations (13)

ar مَرَض أَدِيسُون (Addison's disease) · pt mal de Addison (Addison's disease) · pt doença de Addison (Addison's disease) · cs Addisonova choroba (Addison's disease) · cmn 愛迪生病 /爱迪生病 (Addison's disease) · ru боле́знь Аддисо́на (Addison's disease) · ja アジソン病 (Addison's disease) · fi Addisonin tauti (Addison's disease) · de Addison-Krankheit (Addison's disease) · nl ziekte van Addison (Addison's disease) · hu Addison-kór (Addison's disease) · ko 애디슨 병 (Addison's disease) · fr maladie d'Addison (Addison's disease)