ADDISON’S ANEMIA'S DISEASE
\ˈadɪsənz ɐnˈiːmi͡əz dɪzˈiːz], \ˈadɪsənz ɐnˈiːmiəz dɪzˈiːz], \ˈa_d_ɪ_s_ə_n_z ɐ_n_ˈiː_m_iə_z d_ɪ_z_ˈiː_z]\
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A disease marked by “anemia, general languor and debility, remarkable feebleness of the heart's action, irritability of the stomach, and a peculiar change in the color of the skin, occurring in connection with a diseased condition of the suprarenal capsules.".
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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flame-bearer
- One who bears flame or light; name given to members a genus humming birds, from their being furnished with tuft flery crimson-colored feathers round neck like gorget. little flame-bearer inhabits inner side extinct volcano Chiriqui, in Veragua, about 9000 feet above the level of sea. It measures only 1/2 inches length. There are various other species, all tropical American.