cushingoid cushÂ·ingÂ·oid (kush'Ä­ng-oid') adj. Resembling the signs and symptoms of Cushing's disease or Cushing's syndrome.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Social integration. Social integration is the blending and unifying of social groups, most commonly seen in the desegregation of races throughout history.
Vertical integration. Vertical integration is the merging together of two businesses that are at different stages of productionâfor example, a food manufacturer and a chain of supermarkets. Merging in this way with something further on in the production process (and thus closer to the final consumer) is known as forward integration.