Addison

n. family name

Addison may mean: PlacesCanadaAddison, Ontario
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n. Addison, family name

n. Addison, Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English poet and essayist; family name

= PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA

noun
disease of the adrenal glands, resulting in general weakness, anaemia, low blood pressure and wasting away

Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex. This may be due to a number of different insults to the adrenal including physical trauma, hemorrhage, and tuberculosis of the adrenal, and destruction of the cells in the pituitary gland that secrete ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) which normally drives the adrenal. Addison’s disease is characterized by bronzing of the skin, anemia, weakness, and low blood pressure. The U.S. President J.F. Kennedy is said to have had Addison’s disease. Named after the British physician Thomas Addison (1793-1860).