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

gigantism (iou)



gigantism noun. L19.
[from Latin gigant-, gigas GIANT + -ISM.]
Abnormally large or excessive size; spec. (a) Medicine excessive size of the entire body due to overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland during childhood (cf. ACROMEGALY); (b) Botany excessive size due to polyploidy. Also fig. Cf. GIANTISM.