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acromegaly

acromegaly

English

Noun

acromegaly ‎(plural acromegalies)

(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.

Synonyms

Derived terms

acromegalic

Translations

chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones

Albanian: akromegalia
Bulgarian: акромега́лия f ‎(akromegálija)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 肢端肥大癥, 肢端肥大症 ‎(ji¹ dyun¹ fei⁴ daai⁶ jing¹)

Mandarin: 肢端肥大癥 (zh), 肢端肥大症 (zh) ‎(zhīduānféidàzhèng)
Czech: akromegalie
Dutch: acromegalie f, m
Finnish: akromegalia (fi)
French: acromégalie (fr) f
Galician: acromegalia f
German: Akromegalie f
Hebrew: אקרומגליה (he)
Irish: acraimeigileacht f

Italian: acromegalia (it) f
Japanese: 先端巨大症 ‎(せんたんきょだいしょう, sentankyodaishō)
Norwegian: akromegali
Polish: akromegalia f
Portuguese: acromegalia f
Russian: акромега́лия (ru) f ‎(akromegálija)
Serbo-Croatian: акромегалија f, akromegalija (sh) f
Slovak: akromegália f
Spanish: acromegalia (es) f
Swedish: akromegali (sv)
Turkish: akromegali (tr)
Ukrainian: акромега́лія f ‎(akromehálija)

See also

gigantism