adrenalismn.
/əˈdriːnəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /əˈdrinəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Medicine. Now rare.
The condition resulting from dysfunction of the adrenal glands, spec. excessive secretion of adrenocortical hormones.
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glandular fever1725
adenosis1848
Addison's disease1856
Hodgkin's disease1865
Addisonism1906
adrenalism1910
renal infantilism1912
infectious mononucleosis1915
renal dwarfism1919
renal rickets1926
Sjögren's disease or syndrome1938
1910 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 26 435 It is possible to account for the adrenal depression in harmony with their views on the supposition that the adrenals of the mother had been stimulated by the thyroid substance, and a condition of adrenalism thus produced in both maternal and fetal organisms.
1922 G. B. Shaw in S. Webb & B. Webb Eng. Prisons under Local Govt. p. lxiii The stigmata of adrenalism.
1936 Lancet 10 Oct. 849/1 The patients have not complained of palpitations or other subjective symptoms of adrenalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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