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giantism

gian·tism

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From giant + -ism, coined in the mid 17th century. In the medical or biological sense of gigantism from the 1880s.

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