Acromegaly in a sentence as a noun

There is another possible hypothesis: maybe this particular dinosaur had an endocrine disorder, leading to something similar to acromegaly in humans. How do we know whether we are looking at a large type, or a large individual?

Acromegaly definitions

noun

enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)

See also: acromegalia