giantism

Meaning

Synonym of gigantism.

Synonyms

somatomegaly

hypermegasoma

hypergigantosoma

Translations

gigantismo

gegantisme

Riesenwuchs

γιγαντισμός

gigantisme

Gigantismo pituitário

crescimento exagerado

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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