Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: acromegalia
  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 tumour)
    - acromegaly

Derived forms: acromegalias

Type of: hypertrophy

Encyclopedia: Acromegalia