Unscramble

a 1 c 3 r 1 o 1 m 3 e 1 g 2 a 1 l 1 y 4

10 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun 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 (d

originFrom French acromégalie, from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”). By surface analysis, acro- + -megaly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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