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gigantism /gi·gan·tism/ (ji-gan´tizm) (ji´gan-tizm) abnormal overgrowth; excessive size and stature. cerebral gigantism gigantism in the absence of increased levels of growth hormone, attributed to a cerebral defect; infants are large, and accelerated growth continues for the first 4 or 5 years, the rate being normal thereafter. The hands and feet are large, the head large and dolichocephalic, the eyes have an antimongoloid slant, with hypertelorism. The child is clumsy, and mental retardation of varying degree is usually present. pituitary gigantism that caused by oversecretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland.
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