Giantism Definition

jīən-tĭzəm
noun

Gigantism.

Webster's New World
The quality or condition of being a giant.
American Heritage Medicine

Gigantism.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Giantism

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

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Giantism Sentence Examples

  • The condition, pituitary giantism, makes growth continue after most people stop developing.

  • Giantism in economics is anti-competitive and limits choice, and has already all but ruined British agriculture thanks to the retail monopolists.

  • Giantism is treated by inhibiting the production of pituitary hormones.

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Words Starting With

GGIGIA

Words Ending With

MSMISM

Unscrambles

giantism

Words Starting With G and Ending With M

Starts With G & Ends With MStarts With GI & Ends With MStarts With G & Ends With SM

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With G8 Letter Words Ending With M