HYPERADRENALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperadrenalism mean? 

• HYPERADRENALISM (noun)
  The noun HYPERADRENALISM has 1 sense:

1. a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity

  Familiarity information: HYPERADRENALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERADRENALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Cushing's disease; hyperadrenalism

Hypernyms ("hyperadrenalism" is a kind of...):

adenosis; gland disease; glandular disease; glandular disorder (a disorder of the glands of the body)