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Giantism

noun
1.
Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.  Synonyms: gigantism, overgrowth.
2.
Excessive largeness of stature.  Synonym: gigantism.






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"Giantism" Quotes from Famous Books



... the omission of the chromosome reduction. In many cases the more numerous chromosomes are individually as large as those in normal plants, and consequently the nucleus is larger, the cell is larger, and the whole plant is larger in every part. But giantism may occur without tetraploidy, and vice versa. In the OEnothera gigas the rosette leaves are broadly lanceolate with obtuse or rounded tips, more crinkled than in Lamarckiana, petioles shorter. The stem-leaves ...
— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham



Words linked to "Giantism" :   overgrowth, bigness, largeness, hypertrophy, hyperpituitarism



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