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A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin; and thought; at one time; to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys; but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal. ().