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Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

gigantismabandoncretinismexaggerationexcessivenessexorbitance

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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