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Definition of Hypoadrenalism
1. Noun. A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin.
Generic synonyms: Adenosis, Gland Disease, Glandular Disease, Glandular Disorder
Medical Definition of Hypoadrenalism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoadrenalism
Literary usage of Hypoadrenalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"These facts form the basis for the application of various kinds of glycosuria
tests to the functional diagnosis of hypoadrenalism. Tests of Increased Sugar ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1918)
"... an involvement of one or more or all of the ductless organs; hence hypothyroidism,
more often hyperthyroidism, hypoadrenalism, pituitary anomalies, ..."
3. American Medicine (1921)
"It is due to the hypotension brought about by hypoadrenalism. In parathyroid
dysfunction, if one be in doubt. Erb's test with galvanic stimuli of one of the ..."
4. Endocrine Glands and the Sympathetic System by Pierre Lereboullet (1922)
"... hyperfunction of the adrenals was suspected as a cause of hypertension, and
inversely hypotension was suspected to be due to hypoadrenalism. ..."
5. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University Dept. of Neurology, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1921)
"... and many of them are produced by the influence of some toxin acting upon the
adrenals. The hypoadrenalism may also be a congenital or hereditary state. ..."
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