Usually means: Abnormal growth due to hormone excess.
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  1. gigantism: Merriam-Webster
  2. gigantism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gigantism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gigantism: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. gigantism: Wordnik
  7. gigantism: Wiktionary
  8. gigantism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gigantism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  12. Gigantism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. gigantism: Legal dictionary

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  1. gigantism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Gigantism: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Gigantism: Merck Manuals
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  8. Gigantism: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. gigantism: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. gigantism: Medical dictionary
  11. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  12. Gigantism: Drug Medical Dictionary
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  1. gigantism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gigantism)

noun:  The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
noun:  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.

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