Gigantism
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'''Gigantism''' or '''giantism''', (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''gigas'', ''gigantos'' "[[wiktionary:giant|giant]]") is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above [[average height|average]]. As a medical term, gigantism refers to the rare condition of [[acromegaly|pituitary gigantism]] due to prepubertal [[growth hormone]] excess. There is no precise definition of the degree of height that qualifies a person to be termed a "giant." The term has been typically applied to those whose height is not just in the upper 1% of the population but several [[standard deviation]]s above mean for persons of the same sex, age, and ethnic ancestry. Typical adult heights of Americans of European descent to whom the term might be applied are 2.10 - 2.40 [[metre]]s (7 - 8 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). The term is seldom applied to those who are simply "tall" or "above average" - whose heights appear to be the healthy result of normal [[genetics]] and nutrition.
== Etymology and terminology ==
Other names somewhat obsolete for this pathology are hypersomia (Greek: ''hyper'' over the normal level; ''soma'' body) and somatomegaly<ref>{{Dorlands|s_15|12743655}}</ref> (Greek; ''soma'' body, object pronoun ''somatos'' of the body; ''megas'', ''megalos'' great).
==See also==
*[[Acromegaly]]
*[[Deep-sea gigantism]]
*[[Growth hormone]]
*[[Island gigantism]]
*[[List of humans with gigantism]]
*[[List of tallest people]]
*[[Local gigantism]]
*[[Megafauna]]
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== External links ==
* [http://www.medstudents.com.br/endoc/endoc8.htm Acromegaly and Gigantism (very comprehensive article)]
* [http://www.medstudents.com.br/image/endoc/imgend9.htm Acromegaly and Gigantism (Image of a patient with macroglossia - enlargement of the tongue)]
* {{PDFlink|[http://www.gghjournal.com/pdf/volume_10/10-1/feature_1_10_1.pdf Brief overview of overgrowth syndromes in childhood]|2.95 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 3099033 bytes -->}}
* [http://kedarsoman.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/hoax-giant-skeleton-found-in-india/ Hoax of Extremely Large Giants Exposed as Untrue]
{{Endocrine pathology}}
[[Category:Growth disorders]]
[[Category:Human height]]
[[Category:Growth hormones]]
[[Category:Neuroendocrinology]]
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