adrenal insufficiency
Britishnoun
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Instead, I developed adrenal insufficiency, which is when your cortisol is too low.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025
Following the treatment, Eleanore has lost a significant amount of her eyesight, while she has an underactive thyroid and adrenal insufficiency.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2023
Doctors informed the actress that she was suffering from clinical adrenal insufficiency, meaning her pituitary gland "almost entirely ceased to function."
From Fox News • Aug. 1, 2020
When JFK sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, he was forced to ward off rumors that he suffered from Addison’s Disease, or adrenal insufficiency, due to his adrenal glands being almost completely gone.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2016
We have noted in previous chapters the relation of neurasthenia to the glands of internal secretion in general, and to adrenal insufficiency in particular.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
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