ACROMEGALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acromegalia mean? 

• ACROMEGALIA (noun)
  The noun ACROMEGALIA 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: ACROMEGALIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROMEGALIA (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acromegalia; acromegaly

Hypernyms ("acromegalia" is a kind of...):

hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)

Meronyms (parts of "acromegalia"):

hyperpituitarism (excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone))