Cushing's syndrome
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Related to Cushings syndrome: Addison's disease, cortisol
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.
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