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Addison's disease   /ˈædɪsənz dɪzˈiz/   Listen
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Addison's disease  n.  (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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... pigment deposit which occur as a consequence of various organic and systemic diseases, as the pigmentation, for instance, seen in association with tuberculosis, cancer, malaria, Addison's disease, uterine affections, and the like. In such cases, with few exceptions, the pigmentation is ...
— Essentials of Diseases of the Skin • Henry Weightman Stelwagon


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