Simmonds disease
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Simmonds' disease — Sim·monds disease sim ən(d)z n a disease that is characterized by extreme and progressive emaciation with atrophy of internal organs, loss of body hair, and evidences of premature aging resulting from atrophy or destruction of the anterior lobe… … Medical dictionary
simmonds' disease — ˈsimən(d)z noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: after Morris Simmonds died 1925 German physician : a disease characterized by extreme and progressive emaciation with atrophy of internal organs, loss of body hair, evidences of premature… … Useful english dictionary
Simmonds disease — loss of sexual function, loss of weight, and other features of failure of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism) caused by trauma or tumours or occurring in women after childbirth complicated by bleeding (postpartum haemorrhage) [Simmonds… … The new mediacal dictionary
Simmonds disease (syndrome) — Sim·monds disease (syndrome) (zimґəndz) [Morris Simmonds, German physician, 1855–1925] panhypopituitarism … Medical dictionary
Simmonds — is a surname, and may refer to* Jake Simmonds * Kaleb Simmonds * Kennedy Simmonds * Kim Simmonds * Mark Simmonds * Morris Simmonds, German physician ** Simmonds disease, a lack of anterior pituitary hormones * Posy Simmonds (born 1945), British… … Wikipedia
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Simmonds — Morris, German physician, 1855–1925. See S. disease … Medical dictionary
Morris Simmonds — (14 January 1855, St. Thomas 4 September 1925, Hamburg) was a German physician, pathologist, from a family originating in Hanau but born on the then Danish St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in Caribbean Sea. He was the first to describe the clinical… … Wikipedia
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Simmond's disease — loss of sexual function, loss of weight, and other features of failure of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism) caused by trauma or tumours or occurring in women after childbirth complicated by bleeding (postpartum haemorrhage). M. Simmonds (1885 … Medical dictionary
