Meanings
plural acromegalies
- medicineA chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
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1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 5Synonyms: acromegalia, acromegaloidism, Marie's disease
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
More synonyms by meaning
nounenlargement 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)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄκρον“tip, extremity”
- New Latinacromegalia
- Frenchacromégalie
- Englishacromegaly
From French acromégalie, from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”). By surface analysis, acro- + -megaly.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans akromegalie
- akromegaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Basque akromegalia
- akromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Bulgarian акромега́лия
- акромега́лия (akromegálija)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Catalan acromegàlia
- acromegàliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Chinese Cantonese 肢端肥大症
- 肢端肥大症 (ji¹ dyun¹ fei⁴ daai⁶ jing¹)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Chinese Mandarin 肢端肥大症
- 肢端肥大症 (zhīduānféidàzhèng)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Czech akromegalie
- akromegaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Danish akromegali
- akromegalichronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Dutch acromegalie
- acromegaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Estonian akromegaalia
- akromegaaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Finnish akromegalia
- akromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
French acromégalie
- acromégaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
German Akromegalie
- Akromegaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Greek μεγαλακρία, ακρομεγαλία
- μεγαλακρία (megalakría)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
- ακρομεγαλία (akromegalía)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Hebrew אַקְרוֹמֵגָלְיָה
- אַקְרוֹמֵגָלְיָה (akromegalyah)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Hungarian akromegália
- akromegáliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Indonesian akromegali
- akromegalichronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Irish acraimeigileacht
- acraimeigileachtchronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Italian acromegalia
- acromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Japanese 先端巨大症
- 先端巨大症 (sentankyodaishō)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Korean 말단비대증
- 말단비대증 (maldanbidaejeung)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Latin acromegalia
- acromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Latvian akromegālija
- akromegālijachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Lithuanian akromegalija
- akromegalijachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Norwegian Bokmål akromegali
- akromegalichronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Persian درشتپایانکی
- درشتپایانکی (doroštpāyānakī)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Polish akromegalia
- akromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Portuguese acromegalia
- acromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Romanian acromegalie
- acromegaliechronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Russian акромега́лия
- акромега́лия (akromegálija)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Slovak akromegália
- akromegáliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Spanish acromegalia
- acromegaliachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Swedish akromegali
- akromegalichronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Tagalog akromegalya
- akromegalyachronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Thai อะโครเมกาลี
- อะโครเมกาลี (à kroh may-gaa lee)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Turkish akromegali
- akromegalichronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Ukrainian акромега́лія
- акромега́лія (akromehálija)chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Welsh acromegaledd
- acromegaleddchronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones
Cite this entry
acromegaly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acromegaly
“acromegaly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acromegaly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acromegaly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acromegaly.
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