Everything about Giantism totally explained
Gigantism or
giantism, (from
Greek gigas,
gigantas "") is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above
average. As a medical term, gigantism refers to the rare condition of
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 isn't just in the upper 1% of the population but several
standard deviations 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
metres (7 - 8
feet). The term is seldom applied to those 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 (Greek;
soma body, object pronoun
somatos of the body;
megas,
megalos great).
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