See Also: syndrome, conn's(medicine)
Conn syndrome(health)
Conn's syndrome(medicine)
Conn.(dictionary)
Smythe, Conn(encyclopedia)
Conn, Jerome(medicine)
Conn, Harold(medicine)
Hucker-Conn stain(medicine)
Celiac syndrome (also spelled coeliac syndrome)(health)
TUR syndrome(medicine)

hopscotch (iou) and Conn syndrome (health)


hopscotch (iou)



hopscotch noun. E19.
[from HOP verb1 + SCOTCH noun1.]
A children's game involving hopping on one foot over lines or between compartments marked on the ground, over or into which a flat stone or similar object has been cast for retrieval.
J. L. Waten I joined the..game of hopscotch on white squares drawn in chalk on the footpath.
Also hop-scot noun (rare): only in L18.

Conn syndrome (health)


Overproduction of the hormone aldosterone (pronounced al-do-ster-one) by a tumor that contains tissue resembling that normally present in the outer portion (cortex) of the adrenal gland. The excess aldosterone results in a potassium level (hypokalemia), underacidity of the body (alkalosis), muscle weakness, excessive thirst (polydipsia), excessive urination (polyuria), and high blood pressure (hypertension).