ADJECTIVE
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marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face
a protruding acromegalic jaw
How To Use acromegalic In A Sentence
- The experienced consultant endocrinologist made a spot diagnosis as the couple entered the consulting room and directed his remarks entirely to the husband, who was clearly acromegalic.
- As nearly as could be judged in that tangled hair and beard, the giant's features were acromegalic, eyes roofed with bony ridges, nose and jaw jutting coarsely forth, heavy lips and grisly huge teeth. Three Hearts and Three Lions
- Context: Pegvisomant (PEG) therapy has been associated with drug-induced liver dysfunction in acromegalic patients. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue
- Conclusion The change of the cardiac structure can prevail in the initial stage of the acromegalic disease, including the presence of an increased LVM and the enlargement of the cardiac chamber.
- The Globe article comes with an amazing college picture of Kerry, which makes him look like the 1933 heavyweight champ Primo Carnera, a simple-minded acromegalic giant with a pituitary gland problem. Archive 2005-06-05
- The point is not whether Rondo Hatton and Fred Lightner really were exposed to mustard gas, or if they -- like many others -- became acromegalic through some other internal process. Archive 2008-04-06
- Patients: Thirty-six acromegalic patients with active disease, resistant to somatostatin analogs, participated. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Current Issue
- Scott had been diagnosed at one point as acromegalic, which meant that his body was producing too much growth hormone, but the state was natural, not brought about, by laboratory science.
- Both men owe their extreme height to a condition called acromegalic gigantism. Undefined
- For some, thoughts of baseball acromegalic Randy Johnson will quickly shrivel even the most turgid erection. Saving Face