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Definition of Hyperadrenalism
1. Noun. A glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity.
Generic synonyms: Adenosis, Gland Disease, Glandular Disease, Glandular Disorder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperadrenalism
Literary usage of Hyperadrenalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Vital Function Testing Methods and Their Interpretation by Wilfred Mason Barton (1917)
"The second class of functional tests for hyperadrenalism depends upon the ...
Tests for Adrenalin in the Blood as an Evidence of hyperadrenalism. ..."
2. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"hyperadrenalism before birth is described by ... Pirie holds that although
hyperadrenalism as a cause of congenital pyloric hypertrophy cannot be proved, ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"... functions of the gland, what we might call perhaps hyperadrenalism. The literature
of this subject is now so voluminous that it would be unwise to ..."
4. The Soldier's heart and the effort syndrome by Thomas Lewis (1920)
"If a soldier who has symptoms is "gassed," his symptoms are * A precisely similar
remark is applicable to the conception of "' hyperadrenalism," which as an ..."
5. American Medicine (1921)
"... for instance, that in hyperadrenalism and hyperthyroidism even very small
doses of adrenal or thyroid gland will aggravate his patient's symptoms in the ..."
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