acromegaly

Noun

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)

synonym

acromegalia
derivation

acromegalic
hypernym

hypertrophy
mero part

hyperpituitarism

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Other words that start with: “A”, “AC”, “ACR”, “ACRO” or end with: “Y”, “LY”, “ALY”, “GALY”.

Other nouns that start with: “A”, “AC”, “ACR”, “ACRO” or end with: “Y”, “LY”, “ALY”, “GALY”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “ACROMEGALY”.

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