Acromegaly (n.)
IPA: PHONETIC RESPELLING:
“肢端肥大症”，“在正常的生长过程停止以后由于垂体活动引起的巨大畸形”，1886年，来自法语的 acromégalie，从医学拉丁文 acromegalia演变而来，起源于希腊语 akron “极端，最高点,山峰,岬 ”（从 PIE 词根 *ak- “变尖锐、上升到一个点、刺穿” + megas“非常的”（fem. megale；来自 PIE词根*meg- “极大的，很大的”）。据说这是在1885年的当代文学中由法国内科医生皮埃尔·玛丽博士创造的
"gigantism due to activity of pituitary after normal growth has ceased," 1886, from French acromégalie, from medical Latin acromegalia, from Greek akron "extremity, highest point, mountain peak, headland," neuter of akros "at the furthest point" (from PIE root *ak- "be sharp, rise (out) to a point, pierce") + megas "great" (fem. megale; from PIE root *meg- "great"). Said in contemporary literature to have been coined 1885 by French physician Dr. Pierre Marie.