Addison's disease
noun
mass noun
- a disease characterized by progressive anaemia, low blood pressure, great weakness, and bronze discoloration of the skin. It is caused by inadequate secretion of hormones by the adrenal cortex.艾迪生病（以进行性贫血症, 低血压, 极度虚弱和皮肤变为青铜色为特征; 由肾上腺皮质激素分泌不足引起）。
词源
mid 19th cent.: named after Thomas Addison （1793-1860）， the English physician who described the disease.