acromegaly Path.
(ækrəʊˈmɛgəlɪ)
[ad. Fr. acromégalie (P. Marie), f. Gr. ἄκρον extremity + µέγας, µεγαλ- great.]
A disease characterized by hypertrophy and enlargement of the extremities. Hence acromegalic (-mɪˈgælɪk) a., pertaining to or of the nature of acromegaly; n., one affected with acromegaly.
| 1889 Brain July 59 Acromegaly. By Pierre Marie, M.D. 1896 Godey's Mag. Feb. 125/1 A..very rare disease,..acromegaly, or the enormous enlargement of the feet, hands, face, and chest. 1902 Lancet 27 Sept. 884/2 The historic and folklore record about acromegalic and giant. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl., Acromegalic, a. and n. 1937 Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXVII. 161 Acromegalic crania are not infrequently metopic. 1937 W. Inge Modernism in Lit. 3 A modernist sculptor will carve figures apparently suffering from elephantiasis or acromegaly. 1953 Sci. News XXX. 62 Acromegaly..is a condition caused by an excessive production of growth hormone in the adult. 1964 L. Martin Clinical Endocrinol. (ed. 4) i. 29 X-ray of an acromegalic's hand. |