Acromegaly is the term meaning enlargement of the hands and feet.
The unscrambled word is acromegaly.Acromegaly is a medical term meaning the enlargement of bones in the hands, feet and face caused by overproduction of growth hormones.
Pedi
Chiro - Pody. Meaning "hands & feet".
Gigantism
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The combining form for extremity is 'acro-', derived from the Greek word 'akros' meaning top or extremity. This term is commonly used in medical terminology to refer to the outermost parts of the body such as the hands and feet.
Of the 206 bones in the average human adult body, 106 bones are in the feet and hands. (54 bones in the hands and 52 bones in the feet).
Acromegalic means "pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly", or a person affected by acromegaly, a disease involving enlargement of the bones of the hands, feet, face and jaw.
I am not a medical person but I do a lot of research. I had pitted Keratolysis on my feet in the service and it is very similar (pitts) on hands as were on the feet. See a dermatologist. It is a fungus.
cramp or numbnessTingling eg:Tingling in Hands and Feet
Edema
Acro- refers to the extremities (the hands and feet).