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ACROMEGALY

• ACROMEGALY (noun)
The noun ACROMEGALY has 1 sense:

1. 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)

Familiarity information: ACROMEGALY used as a noun is very rare.

• ACROMEGALY (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acromegalia; acromegaly

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))

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