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
• Syn: ↑Addison's disease, ↑Addison's syndrome, ↑hypoadrenocorticism
• Hypernyms: ↑glandular disease, ↑gland disease, ↑glandular disorder, ↑adenosis
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nounsee hypoadrenia
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/huy'poh euh dreen"l iz'euhm, -euh dren"-/, n.
underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease. Also, hypoadrenia /huy"poh euh dree"nee euh/.
[HYPO- + ADRENAL + -ISM]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.