acromegaly是什么意思？

acromegaly

英[ˌækrə'megəlɪ] 美[ˌækrə'megəlɪ]

• n. 肢端肥大症；

例句

• Pachydermoperiostosis ( PDP ) is a rare disease that may mimic secondary hypertrophic osteoarhropathy or acromegaly. 摘要厚皮性骨膜病为一罕见疾病,临床上极似续发性肥大骨关节炎或肢端肥大症.
• Patients with central sleep apnea syndrome, hypothyroidism and acromegaly, etc. 排除中枢性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征 、 状腺功能低下、端肥大症等患者.
• AbstractFrom 1954 to 1989 , 363 patients with acromegaly were treated by radiotherapy. 报告363例肢端肥大症的治疗结果.
• Lin Xue deficiency: limb pain, dried achene, acromegaly dishes, gangrenous ulcers can be seen, one's healing. 阴血两虚型: 患肢疼痛, 干瘦, 肢端暗红, 可见溃疡坏疽, 久不愈合.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  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 tumor)

行业词典

• 医学： 肢端肥大症：成人因垂体生长激素分泌过多所致慢性疾患，其特征为骨骼很多部分特别是鼻、耳、颌、指(趾)等远端部位的增大；此症对立面即肢端过小症(acromicria)；
  药学： 肢端肥大症；