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 Ad·di·son's disease /ˈædəsənz-/

 Addison's disease 名詞
 阿狄森(氏)綜合征,阿狄森(氏)病,腎上腺性青銅色皮膚病,腎上腺皮質機能減退

 Ad·di·son's dis·ease  Med. A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, hypotension, and loss of weight; it is due to insufficient secretion of adrenocortical hormones. Untreated disease is usually fatal.  Called also chronic adrenocortical insufficiency
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 Addison's disease
      n : a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the
          cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and
          prostration with brownish skin [syn: Addison's syndrome,
           hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenocorticism]