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Giantism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The quality or condition of being a giant.

n. See gigantism.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the state or quality of being a giant

n. gigantism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being a giant.

n. Abnormal growth or development, especially as regards height.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. excessive largeness of stature

n. excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

Word Usage

"You know that there is a disease called giantism, caused by ‘a certain morbid process in the sphenoid bone of the skull — viz., an excessive development of the anterior lobe of the pituitary body’ (this is from the nearest encyclopedia)."

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largeness bigness hypertrophy