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Giantism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of gigantism. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    excessive largeness of stature wordnet
  3. 3
    excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland wordnet

Etymology

From giant + -ism, coined in the mid 17th century. In the medical or biological sense of gigantism from the 1880s.

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