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pseudoacromegaly

  • a word derived from acromegaly.
    acromegaly
    noun
    a chronic disease characterized by enlargement of the bones of the head, the soft parts of the feet and hands, and sometimes other structures, due to excessive secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland.

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Chiromegaly is a term that has been applied by Charcot and Brissaud to the pseudoacromegaly that sometimes occurs in syringomyelia.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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