Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Addison's disease \Ad"di*son's dis*ease"\ [Named from Thomas
Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it.] (Med.)
A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration
of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease
of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies
covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to
be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually
fatal.
Source : WordNet®
Addison's disease
n : a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the
cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and
prostration with brownish skin [syn: {Addison's syndrome},
{hypoadrenalism}, {hypoadrenocorticism}]