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Noun: Conn's syndrome
  1. Disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumour of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone

Type of: syndrome

Encyclopedia: Conn's syndrome