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Cushing's syndrome |
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Cushing's syndrome [′ku̇sh·iŋz ‚sin‚drōm] (medicine) A complex of symptoms including facial and truncal obesity, hypertension, edema, and osteoporosis, resulting from oversecretion of adrenocortical hormones. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| DHEA-S is a kind of steroid hormone which serves as an indicator of adrenal cancer and Cushing's syndrome, as well as metabolic diseases. Cushing's running commentary is sympathetic to Castro's revolution, but even he notes that "almost every designer has anecdotes of creative work thwarted by political inappropriateness or bureaucratic thickheadedness. The morning of 3 July found First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing's battery of six 3-inch ordnance rifles positioned behind a low stone wall on Cemetery Ridge--almost directly atop the primary objective of Confederate Major General George E. |
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