In dictionaries:
cerebral gigantism
Abnormal large brain and body.
pituitary gigantism
Excessive growth hormone causes overgrowth.
eunuchoid gigantism
Excessive growth due to hypogonadism.
focal gigantism
Abnormal localized excessive tissue growth.
local gigantism
Abnormal growth in specific body parts.
Deep-sea gigantism
In zoology, deep-sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism is the tendency for species of deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives across a large taxonomic range.
Island gigantism
Island gigantism, or insular gigantism, is a biological phenomenon in which the size of an animal species isolated on an island increases dramatically in comparison to its mainland relatives.
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