gigantism
Pituitary growth disorder
Gigantism is a medical condition characterized by excessive growth and height, caused by overproduction of growth hormone during childhood before the growth plates close.
The term also applies more broadly to describe abnormally large size in plants, animals, or other organisms.
In figurative use, gigantism can refer to excessive expansion of organizations, institutions, or systems beyond practical scale: The gigantism of modern corporations raises concerns about market concentration.
Extremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- gargantuanExtremely immense in scope
- titanicEnormously strong or large
enormous · vast · huge · mammoth · elephantine · oversized · hulking · monstrous
Brain-base hormone gland
- acromegalyHormone-driven adult enlargement
- endocrineInternally secreting gland system
- adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
- hormonalRelating to body's chemical messengers
hyperplasia · overgrowth · growth hormone · endocrinologist · diagnosis · treatment · pediatric · syndrome
colossal
Extremely large in scale
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- gargantuanExtremely immense in scope
titanic · enormous · vast · huge · mammoth · elephantine · oversized · hulking · monstrous · jumbo
pituitary
Brain-base hormone gland
- acromegalyHormone-driven adult enlargement
- endocrineInternally secreting gland system
- adenomaBenign epithelial tumor
hormonal · hyperplasia · overgrowth · growth hormone · endocrinologist · diagnosis · treatment · pediatric · syndrome · glandular
titans
Dominant powerful figures
ogre · troll · colossus · behemoth · leviathan · roc · gigantes · atlas
skyscraper
Very tall urban building
- redwoodTowering California conifer
- sequoiaEnormous evergreen tree species
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
colossus · monolith · cathedral · obelisk · high-rise · statue · monument · megastructure · ziggurat
- Endocrine Disordershyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, dwarfism
- birth defectsbirth defect, birth defects, malformation, cleft lip, cleft palate
- body traitsheight, weight, body shape, build, stature
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- endocrinehormones, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid
gigantismdwarfism
Genetic shortness condition
smallness · tininess · diminutiveness · miniaturism · minuteness
gigantisminsignificance
Lack of consequence or weight
triviality · inconsequentiality · negligibility · pettiness · marginality
- gigantic fishHuge sea creature
- gigantic scaleExtremely large proportions