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Medical Term

Conn's syndrome

also: conn's syndrome

the combination of muscular weakness, abnormally intense thirst (polydipsia), the production of large volumes of urine (polyuria), and hypertension, resulting from excessive production of the hormone aldosterone by the adrenal cortex. 2% of cases of hypertension are due to it.

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