Gigantism 238789 223948105 2008-07-06T17:27:14Z Numbo3-bot 7118326 robot Adding: [[eu:Erraldoitasun]] {{Infobox_Disease | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Image = Anna Swan with her parents.jpg | Caption = [[Anna Haining Bates]] with her parents | DiseasesDB = 30730 | ICD10 = {{ICD10|E|22|0|e|20}}, {{ICD10|E|34|4|e|20}} | ICD9 = {{ICD9|253.0}} | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = 001174 | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D005877 }} '''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]] ==References== <!-- ---------------------------------------------------------- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for a discussion of different citation methods and how to generate footnotes using the <ref>, </ref> and <reference /> tags ----------------------------------------------------------- --> <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}} == 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&nbsp;[[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]] [[de:Riesenwuchs]] [[et:Gigantism]] [[el:Γιγαντισμός]] [[es:Gigantismo]] [[eu:Erraldoitasun]] [[fr:Gigantisme]] [[id:Gigantisme]] [[it:Gigantismo]] [[he:ענקיות]] [[ja:巨人症]] [[pl:Gigantyzm]] [[pt:Gigantismo pituitário]] [[ru:Гигантизм]] [[fi:Jättikasvu]] [[sv:Gigantism]]