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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pathologically excessive production of anterior pituitary hormones, especially growth hormones.
- noun The condition resulting from an excess of pituitary hormones, characterized by gigantism in children and acromegaly in adults.
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- noun medicine The condition caused by excessive
secretion ofhormones bypituitary tumors
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- noun excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone)
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When the anterior lobe is implicated and there is a pathological increase in the functional activity of the gland (_hyperpituitarism_), signs of acromegaly may ensue.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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