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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA |
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ACROMEGALY , the name given to a disease characterized by a true hypertrophy (an overgrowth involving both bony and soft parts) of the terminal parts of the body
face and extremities (Gr. arcpov, point, and tcEyas, large). It is more frequent in the female
causation
extract of this body
recent
thyroid extract has also been used, but without marked success, on the apparent analogy
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