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HYPOADRENALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
Synonyms:
Addison's disease; Addison's syndrome; hypoadrenalism; hypoadrenocorticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hypoadrenalism" is a kind of...):
adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)
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