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hyperadrenalcorticalism (medicine) and cough suppressant (medicine)


hyperadrenalcorticalism (medicine)


hyperadrenalcorticalism -->
hypercorticoidism
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.

Synonym: adrenalism, hyperadrenalcorticalism, hyperadrenocorticalism.


cough suppressant (medicine)


cough suppressant
<pharmacology> A medication which acts to suppress the cough reflex.

Examples include codeine and dextromethorphan.