Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by overactivity of the pituitary gland.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A disease characterized by hypertrophy of the bones and soft tissues of the face and extremities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
chronic disease marked byenlargement of thebones of theextremities ,face , andjaw that is caused byover -activity of thepituitary gland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The frequency of glycosuria or diabetes in acromegaly has been reported many times; Atkinson found it in
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It is possible that in acromegaly, in some stages of the disease there may be a hypophyseal diabetes and at others a metahypophyseal diabetes.
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In the disease called acromegaly, which is due to a change in the pituitary gland, amongst other things are noted ` ` melancholic tendencies, loss of memory and mental and physical torpor. ''
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This parallelled his true situation, where he had a normal face until being exposed to poison gas during WWI, which triggered the onset of the head-enlarging syndrome known as acromegaly.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: Intriguing Factoids From the Horror/Sci-Fi/Mystery Genre
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This parallelled his true situation, where he had a normal face until being exposed to poison gas during WWI, which triggered the onset of the head-enlarging syndrome known as acromegaly.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: Intriguing Factoids From the Horror/Sci-Fi/Mystery Genre
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Hatton died with his last picture, 1946's THE BRUTE MAN, still awaiting release -- the victim of a bone-distorting pituitary disease called acromegaly, which had also been responsible for his distorted features.
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Hatton died with his last picture, 1946's THE BRUTE MAN, still awaiting release -- the victim of a bone-distorting pituitary disease called acromegaly, which had also been responsible for his distorted features.
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They should note what happens in the disease called acromegaly, a condition of too much growth hormone.
Baseball and Growth Hormones: Big Muscles, Big Bodies, Big Trouble
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I wonder if Kerry suffered from a mild case of the pituitary problem called acromegaly that causes bones to keep growing.
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I wonder if Kerry suffered from a mild case of the pituitary problem called acromegaly that causes bones to keep growing.
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