HyperDic: conn[s_syndrome

English > 1 sense of the expression *Conn's syndrome*:
NOUN	state	Conn's syndrome	disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis

English > *Conn's syndrome*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	Disturbances in saltwater balance and symptoms of weakness and muscular cramps and twitching and convulsions and sometimes paralysis; usually caused by a benign tumor of the cortex of the adrenal gland that leads to excess secretion of aldosterone.
Broader	syndrome	A pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease