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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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