Acromegaly Synonyms

ăkrō-mĕgə-lē
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)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. acromegalia

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Acromegaly Sentence Examples

  • Acromegaly results when hGH is over-produced after the onset of puberty.

  • In acromegaly, the pituitary continues to release GH and ignores signals from the hypothalamus.

  • Somatostatin analogs, given as injections, are successful in treating acromegaly by inhibiting the release of GH.

  • In adults, too much GH causes a condition called acromegaly, but deficiency in adults had been considered previously to have no importance.

  • The somatotropin test also aids in documenting the excess hGH production responsible for gigantism or acromegaly, and confirms underactivity or overproduction of the pituitary gland (hypopituitarism or hyperpituitarism, respectively).

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