CONN'S SYNDROME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Conn's syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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