Gigantism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or state of being gigantic; abnormally large size.
  • n. Excessive growth of the body or any of its parts, especially as a result of oversecretion of the growth hormone by the pituitary gland. Also called giantism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
  • n. 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, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In biology, aberration from the normal standard by increase in size; monstrous stature.
    • 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    largeness    bigness    hypertrophy   
    Cross Reference
    acromegaly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    macrosomia    giantism   
     
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