acromegaly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: acromegaly	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for acromegaly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acromegaly n 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(s): acromegaly, acromegalia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acromegaly \Ac`romeg"aly\, n. [NL. acromegalia, fr. Gr. 'a`kron point, peak + [?], [?], big.] (Med.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.