Addison disease — Disease in which gradual atrophy of the adrenal cortex causes the adrenal glands to produce insufficient quantities of the steroid hydrocortisone while causing the pituitary gland to produce excess quantities of pituitary hormones. Most of the… … Universalium
Addison disease — Addison disease. См. болезнь Аддисона. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Addison's disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E27.1 E27.2 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Disease, Addison — Long term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex. This may be due to a number of different insults to the adrenal including physical trauma, hemorrhage, and… … Medical dictionary
disease — diseasedly, adv. diseasedness, n. /di zeez /, n., v., diseased, diseasing. n. 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,… … Universalium
Addison — may mean:PlacesCanada*Addison, OntarioUnited States*Addison, Alabama *Addison, Connecticut *Addison, Illinois *Addison, Kentucky *Addison, Maine *Addison, Michigan *Addison (town), New York **Addison (village), New York *Addison, Ohio *Addison,… … Wikipedia
Addison's disease — n a destructive disease marked by deficient adrenocortical secretion and characterized by extreme weakness, loss of weight, low blood pressure, gastrointestinal disturbances, and brownish pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes * * * a… … Medical dictionary
Addison's disease — Ad di*son s dis*ease [Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it.] (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Addison's disease — [ad′i sənz] n. [after T. Addison (1793 1860), Eng physician who identified it] a disease caused by failure of the adrenal glands: it is characterized by anemia, weakness, low blood pressure, and brownish discoloration of the skin … English World dictionary
Addison — [ ædɪsn], 1) Joseph, englischer Schriftsteller und Politiker, * Wilston (bei Amesbury, Wiltshire) 1. 5. 1672, ✝ London 17. 6. 1719; schrieb Essays für die Zeitschriften »The Tatler« (1709 11) und »The Guardian« (1713/14) und gab 1711/12 (mit … Universal-Lexikon
