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Gigantism(medicine)
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Gigantism(health)
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Focal gigantism(health)
primordial gigantism(medicine)
pituitary gigantism(medicine)

fulgurate (iou) and Gigantism (medicine)


fulgurate (iou)



fulgurate verb intrans. L17.
[Latin fulgurat- pa. ppl stem of fulgurare: see FULGURANT, -ATE3.]
Emit flashes like lightning.
fulgurating ppl adjective flashing like lightning; (of pain) darting through the body: L17.

Gigantism (medicine)


gigantism


A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth.