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Gigantism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Gigantism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

excessive largeness of stature

3

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hypertrophy largeness
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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