Cushingâs syndrome is the name of a disorder that occurs when the body is exposed to an excess of steroids such as the hormone cortisol or similar synthetic versions. This can occur either because: The body produces too much cortisol hormone by itself (known as âendogenousâ Cushingâs syndrome).
definitive. adj. 1. serving to decide or settle finally; conclusive. 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) most reliable, complete, or authoritative: the definitive reading of a text. 3. serving to define or outline. 4. (Zoology) zoology fully developed; complete: the definitive form of a parasite. 5.
magma (countable and uncountable, plural magmas or magmata) ( 1 geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. ( 2 mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.