Addison's disease

Named from Thomas Addison (1793-1860), M. D., of London, who first described it.

Addison's disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids, causing hypocortisolemia and a resultant brownish discoloration of the skin.
   • 1875, Edward Headlam Greenhow, Addison's Disease, Lindsay and Blackston, page 6:

     Nearly thirty years before the date of Addison's discovery, his eminent colleague, Dr. Bright, had observed and recorded, in his celebrated 'Reports of Medical Cases,' a case of Addison's disease.

• Addisonianism
• bronzed skin disease (dated)
• chronic adrenal insufficiency
• hypoadrenocorticism
• hypocorticism
• hypocortisolism
• primary adrenal insufficiency

• Addisonian