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- noun a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity
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Perhaps this is hyperadrenalism from career stress, and the high cholesterol which raises to protect the body is sometimes not good enough to prevent the event.
Intermittent fasting guest blog | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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seratonin syndrome hyperadrenalism seizures associated with vasovagal syncope and other types of dysautonomia
Hit by Normal, the medicos begin worming in Elizabeth McClung 2009
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