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Unadapted borrowing from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”).

acromegalia (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Alternative form of acromegaly.

Borrowed from French acromégalie.

• IPA^(key): /a.kro.me.ɡaˈli.a/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧cro‧me‧ga‧lì‧a

acromegalia f (plural acromegalie)

1. (medicine) acromegaly

• acromegalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• megacaloria

From acro- +‎ -megalia.

• Hyphenation: a‧cro‧me‧ga‧li‧a

acromegalia f (plural acromegalias)

1. (pathology) acromegaly (chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones)

Borrowed from French acromégalie, equivalent to acro- +‎ -megalia.

• IPA^(key): /akɾomeˈɡalja/ [a.kɾo.meˈɣ̞a.lja]
• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: a‧cro‧me‧ga‧lia

acromegalia f (plural acromegalias)

1. (pathology) acromegaly (chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones)

• “acromegalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014