Associations to the word «Cushing»
Noun
- Caleb
- Syndrome
- Frankenstein
- Dracula
- Obesity
- Berwick
- Harvey
- Steroid
- Tumor
- Jennie
- Manson
- Colbert
- Hormone
- Hypertension
- Rutherford
- Carcinoma
- Gland
- Keystone
- Linebacker
- Reflex
- Pipeline
- Diabetes
- Secretion
- Sherlock
- Tomography
- Terence
- Texan
- Dd
- Epilepsy
- Dependent
- Minnie
- Addison
- Hump
- Peter
- Hammer
- Whitney
- Perkins
- Lymphoma
- Starring
- Cardinal
- Dysfunction
- Sinus
- Uss
- Mortimer
- Disease
- Trojan
- Triad
- Christopher
- Specificity
- Suppression
- Johnstone
- Diagnosis
- Oklahoma
- Puberty
- Ulcer
- Massachusetts
- Insulin
- Astor
- Whitman
- Refinery
- Stimulation
- Serum
- Myra
- Wendell
- Sumner
- Pseudo
- Retardation
- Anthropologist
- Ovary
- Excess
- Norwood
- Deficiency
- Deforestation
- Disorder
- Conifer
- Jeremiah
- Tay
- Nathaniel
- Leukemia
- Matthews
- Barker
- Pius
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CUSHING, proper noun. A surname.
CUSHING REFLEX, noun. A physiological nervous system response to increased intracranial pressure that results in the triad of increased blood pressure, irregular breathing, and a reduction of the heart rate.
CUSHING ULCER, noun. A gastric ulcer produced by elevated intracranial pressure.
Dictionary definition
CUSHING, noun. United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939).
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