Cushing's disease

noun

Pathology.

1. a disease characterized by abnormal accumulations of facial and trunk fat, fatigue, hypertension, and osteoporosis, caused by hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex or administration of adrenal cortical hormones.

Cushing's disease

/ ˈkʊʃɪŋz /

noun

1. a rare condition caused by excess corticosteroid hormones in the body, characterized chiefly by obesity of the trunk and face, high blood pressure, fatigue, and loss of calcium from the bones

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cushing's disease¹

1935–40; after H. W. Cushing, who first described it

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cushing's disease¹

C20: named after Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939), US neurosurgeon