Definition of Cushing

1. Noun. United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cushing

Curry–Howard correspondence
Curschmann's disease
Cursorius
Cursorius cursor
Curt
Curtis
Curtisia
Curtiss
Curupira
Curvularia
Cusco
Cuscuta
Cuscuta gronovii
Cush
Cushing (current term)
Cushing's basophilism
Cushing's disease
Cushing's pituitary basophilism
Cushing's suture
Cushing's syndrome
Cushing's syndrome medicamentosus
Cushing effect
Cushing phenomenon
Cushing response
Custer
Custer's Last Stand
Customs Bureau

Literary usage of Cushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"H. 18116 Cushing. Practical Treatise on the Trustee Process, ... 18117 Cushing. Proceedings & Debates in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts ..."

2. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Jam«s Chambers, for the month of May, 1780. Signed also by Lieut.-Col. Harmar. Weeks and Cushing sale, Henkels', Feb. ..."

3. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1843)
"On motion of Mr. Cushing, Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of ... On motion of Mr. Cushing, i Ordered, That the daily hour to which this ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1886)
"Caleb Cushing who departed this life | on the 8th day of October 1804 ... Also Captain John Cushing I who died on Sunday evening I the 19th day of May 1833, ..."

5. The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America: Or, The Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1860)
"The Cushing is a native of Massachusetts ... having originated on the ground* of Colonel Washington Cushing, ..."

6. American Diplomacy in the Orient by John Watson Foster (1903)
"The choice fell upon Caleb Cushing, a member of Congress from Massachusetts.1 Mr. Everett was a gentleman of refined manners, and possessed a highly ..."

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