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GIGANTISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does gigantism mean?

• GIGANTISM (noun)
The noun GIGANTISM has 2 senses:

1. excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
2. excessive largeness of stature

Familiarity information: GIGANTISM used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GIGANTISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

giantism; gigantism; overgrowth

Hypernyms ("gigantism" is a kind of...):

hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)

Meronyms (parts of "gigantism"):

hyperpituitarism (excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Excessive largeness of stature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

giantism; gigantism

Hypernyms ("gigantism" is a kind of...):

bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)

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