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Definition of Giantism
1. Noun. Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
2. Noun. Excessive largeness of stature.
Definition of Giantism
1. Noun. the state or quality of being a giant ¹
2. Noun. gigantism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Giantism
1. the condition of being a giant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Giantism
1. 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. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giantism
Literary usage of Giantism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1904)
"giantism; Acromegaly.1 giantism is an anomaly of osseous growth entailing an ...
Expressed anatomically, giantism is acromegaly in subjects whose epiphysial ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"... attention to two cases presenting acquired symmetrical enlargement of the
hands, feet, and face, and proposed the Fig. 209, a.—giantism, infantilism ..."
3. Surgical diseases of children: A Modern Treatise on Pediatric Surgery by Samuel Walter Kelley (1914)
"... DEVELOPING PERIOD MALFORMATIONS—giantism—ACROMEGALY — ACHONDROPLASIA — TUMORS
IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD—RETENTION CYSTS. THE departures from the normal ..."
4. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"Both acromegaly and giantism appear to owe their origin to an excessive development
of the pituitary body. This structure seems to be endowed with some ..."
5. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Three forms of general dystrophy occur with hypophyseal tumors; giantism or dwarfism,
... giantism is the result of precocious activity of the hypophysis in ..."
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