gigantism
(jī′găn-tizm)
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[Gr. gigas, stem gigant-, giant + -ism]
The excessive development of the body or a body part.
SYN: SEE: giantism
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Gigantism." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736263/all/gigantism.
Gigantism. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736263/all/gigantism. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Gigantism. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736263/all/gigantism
Gigantism [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736263/all/gigantism.
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