ACROMEGALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acromegaly mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACROMEGALY (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 ("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)

 Context examples 

Symptoms include acromegaly and precocious puberty.

(Hypothalamic Gangliocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is usually given as a prolonged-release microparticle or Autogel formulation for the treatment of acromegaly and to relieve the symptoms of neuroendocrine tumors.

(Lanreotide, NCI Thesaurus)

Syndromes associated with pituitary gland carcinomas include hyperprolactinemia, Cushing disease, and acromegaly.

(Pituitary Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be associated with acromegaly.

(Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Gland Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The vast majority of cases are hormonally functioning and are associated with either gigantism or acromegaly.

(Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include acromegaly, Hurler syndrome, Silver-Russell syndrome, and thalassemia major.

(Frontal Bossing, NCI Thesaurus)

In adults, it can cause acromegaly, which makes the hands, feet and face larger than normal.

(Growth Disorders, NIH)

Acromegaly can be caused by a pituitary gland tumor.

(Acromegaly, NCI Dictionary)