CUSHING'S SYNDROME


Meaning of CUSHING'S SYNDROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1937

: an abnormal bodily condition that is caused by excess corticosteroids and especially cortisol usually from adrenal or pituitary hyperfunction and is characterized especially by obesity, hypertension, muscular weakness, and easy bruising

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