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Noun: Addison's disease
  1. A glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anaemia and prostration with brownish skin
    - Addison's syndrome, hypoadrenalism, hypoadrenocorticism

Type of: adenosis, gland disease, glandular disease, glandular disorder

Encyclopedia: Addison's disease