gigantism

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French gigantisme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin gigans (“giant”).

Noun

gigantism (countable and uncountable, plural gigantisms)

1. The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
2. 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.

Synonyms

• giantism
• macrosomia

Translations

quality or state of being gigantic

• Catalan: gigantisme m, gegantisme m
• Finnish: giganttisuus (fi)
• French: gigantisme (fr) m
• Galician: xigantismo m
• German: Gigantismus (de) m
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• Italian: gigantismo (it) m
• Polish: gigantyzm m
• Romanian: gigantism (ro)
• Spanish: gigantismo m

condition

• Latvian: gigantisms m
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• Spanish: gigantismo m

See also

• acromegaly