| gigantism |
giantism: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland excessive largeness of stature
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| Gigli's operation |
lateral section of the os pubis by means of Gigli's wire saw; done to permit delivery of the fetus in difficult labor.
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| gigantism |
Gigantism (from Greek gigas, gigantos "giant") is a condition characterized by excessive height growth. Gigantism (or giantism) is not a currently used medical term and there is no precise definition of the degree of tallness which qualifies a person to be termed a "giant." The term has been typically applied to those whose height is not just in the upper 1% of the population but several standard deviations above mean for persons of the same sex, age, and ethnic ancestry. ...
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| giga- |
Prefix signifying multiplication by 1,000,000,000.
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| gigantism |
development to abnormally large size from excessive growth of the long bones accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence and usually caused by hyperpituitarism before normal ossification is complete -- called also macrosomia -- compare ACROMEGALY
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