See Also: Cushing(dictionary)
Cushing's basophilism(medicine)
harvey cushing(medicine)
syndrome, cushing's(medicine)
Cushing's disease(health)
Cushing syndrome(health)
Disease, Cushing(health)
Cushing, Caleb(encyclopedia)
Cushing (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Cushing syndrome(encyclopedia)

Cushing (iou)



Cushing noun. M20.
[Harvey W. Cushing (1869-1939), US surgeon, who described the condition.]
Medicine.
Cushing's syndrome, a syndrome of hypertension, obesity, metabolic disorders, etc., caused by overproduction of hormones by the adrenal cortex. M20.
Cushing's disease, Cushing's syndrome accompanied and caused by a tumour of the pituitary gland. M20.
Cushingoid, cushingoid adjective similar to (that of) Cushing's syndrome; resembling a patient with Cushing's syndrome: L20.