Simmonds' disease

Simmonds' disease
Sim·monds' disease 'sim-ən(d)z- n a disease that is characterized by extreme and progressive emaciation with atrophy of internal organs, loss of body hair, and evidences of premature aging resulting from atrophy or destruction of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
Sim·monds 'zim-ȯnts Morris (1855-1925)
German physician. Simmonds described a disease caused by atrophy of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in 1914.

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