acromegaloidism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From acromegaloid + -ism.
Noun[edit]
acromegaloidism (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine) A condition with appearance/clinical presentation similar or identical to that of acromegaly, but with distinct pathophysiology.
- 2017, Dahlqvist P, Spencer R, Marques P, Dang MN, Glad CAM, Johannsson G, Korbonits M, “Pseudoacromegaly: a differential diagnostic problem for acromegaly with a genetic solution”, in J Endocr Soc, volume 1, number 8, , →PMID, pages 1104–1109:
- Acromegaly is usually not a difficult condition to diagnose once the possibility of this disease has been raised. However, a few conditions present with some aspects of acromegaly or gigantism but without growth hormone (GH) excess. Such cases are described as "pseudoacromegaly" or "acromegaloidism".