英语词汇addison-s disease的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Addison’s disease. British physician Thomas Addison (1793–1860) discovered this glandular disease in 1855, and it was shortly named after him. The chronic, sometimes fatal malady affects the adrenal or suprarenal glands, located above the kidneys. It is said that President John F. Kennedy suffered from and was treated for Addison’s disease, whose symptoms are often tiredness, weakness, puffiness of the face, and a gradual brownish pigmentation of the skin. British novelist Jane Austen died of Addison’s disease. See thorn test.

词汇	addison-s disease
词源	Addison’s disease. British physician Thomas Addison (1793–1860) discovered this glandular disease in 1855, and it was shortly named after him. The chronic, sometimes fatal malady affects the adrenal or suprarenal glands, located above the kidneys. It is said that President John F. Kennedy suffered from and was treated for Addison’s disease, whose symptoms are often tiredness, weakness, puffiness of the face, and a gradual brownish pigmentation of the skin. British novelist Jane Austen died of Addison’s disease. See thorn test.
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