PMO Precision Medicine Ontology

Last uploaded: December 16, 2020
Preferred Name

Growth Hormone Excess
Synonyms
Definitions

Acromegaly is a condition resulting from overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in persons with closed epiphyses, and consists chiefly in the enlargement of the distal parts of the body. The circumference of the skull increases, the nose becomes broad, the tongue becomes enlarged, the facial features become coarsened, the mandible grows excessively, and the teeth become separated. The fingers and toes grow chiefly in thickness.

ID

http://www.phoc.org.cn/pmo/class/PMO_00010253

Database_Cross_Reference

HPO:HP:0000845

Definition

Acromegaly is a condition resulting from overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in persons with closed epiphyses, and consists chiefly in the enlargement of the distal parts of the body. The circumference of the skull increases, the nose becomes broad, the tongue becomes enlarged, the facial features become coarsened, the mandible grows excessively, and the teeth become separated. The fingers and toes grow chiefly in thickness.

label

Growth Hormone Excess

MCID

MC04829541

PMOID

PMO:00010253

prefixIRI

pmo:PMO_00010253

prefLabel

Growth Hormone Excess

Synonym

Growth hormone excess

Tree Number

T3.17.4.5.16.3.4.3.4

subClassOf

http://www.phoc.org.cn/pmo/class/PMO_00086001

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