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Excessive secretion of one or more steroid hormones of the adrenal cortex; sometimes used also to designate the state produced by therapeutic administration of large quantities of steroids having glucocorticoid activity, e.g., hydrocortisone.
See: Cushing's syndrome.
Synonyms: adrenalism, hyperadrenalcorticalism, hyperadrenocorticalism.
(05 Mar 2000)
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