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ACROMEGALY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("acromegaly" is a kind of...):
hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)
Meronyms (parts of "acromegaly"):
hyperpituitarism (excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone))
Derivation:
acromegalic (marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face)
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