English-Thai Dictionary
Addison's disease
N โรค ที่เกิด จาก การ บกพร่อง ของ ต่อม อด รี นัล (Adrenal rok-ti-koed-jak-kan-bok-phrong-khong-to-mod-ri-nan
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ADDISON'S DISEASE
Ad "di *son's dis *ease ". Etym: [Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it. ] (Med. )
Defn: A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys ), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Addison
Ad di son |ˈadəsən ˈædəsən | a village in northeastern Illinois, northwest of Chicago; pop. 36,917 (est. 2008 ).
Addison, Joseph
Ad di son, Joseph |ˈædəsən ˈadəsən | (1672 –1719 ), English essayist, poet, dramatist, and Whig politician. He is noted for his simple unornamented prose style. In 1711 he founded the Spectator with Sir Richard Steele.
Addisonian
Ad di so ni an |ˌadəˈsōnēən ˌædəˈsoʊniən | ▶adjective 1 of, relating to, or characteristic of the works or style of Joseph Addison. 2 Medicine of, relating to, or characterized by Addison's disease.
Addison's disease
Ad di son's dis ease ▶noun a disease characterized by progressive anemia, low blood pressure, great weakness, and bronze discoloration of the skin. It is caused by inadequate secretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Thomas Addison (1793 –1860 ), the English physician who described the disease.
Oxford Dictionary
Addison
Ad di son |ˈadəsən ˈædəsən | a village in northeastern Illinois, northwest of Chicago; pop. 36,917 (est. 2008 ).
Addison, Joseph
Ad ¦di |son |ˈadɪs (ə )n | (1672 –1719 ), English essayist, poet, dramatist, and Whig politician, noted for his simple, unornamented prose style. In 1711 he founded the Spectator with Sir Richard Steele.
Addisonian
Addisonian |ˌadɪˈsəʊnɪən | ▶adjective 1 relating to or characteristic of the writing of Joseph Addison. 2 Medicine relating to or characterized by Addison's disease.
Addisonian anaemia
Ad ¦di ¦son |ian an |aemia ▶noun another term for pernicious anaemia.
Addison's disease
Addison's dis |ease |ˈadɪs (ə )nzdɪziːz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a disease characterized by progressive anaemia, low blood pressure, great weakness, and bronze discoloration of the skin. It is caused by inadequate secretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: named after Thomas Addison (1793 –1860 ), the English physician who described the disease.
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