Get to know Gigantism better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like overgrowth or hypertrophy.
Gigantism in a sentence
Gigantism meaning
- The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
- A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence.
Synonyms of Gigantism
Using Gigantism
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size. | A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence.
- Useful related words include: giantism, overgrowth, hypertrophy, largeness.
Context around Gigantism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gigantism
- In this selection, "gigantism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, extreme stand out and add context to how "gigantism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cold s gigantism and hints that gigantism could have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gigantism" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gigantism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That huge sea scorpions made this journey hints that gigantism could have played an important role in migration. (18 words)
Tiny suffered from gigantism and was disfigured due to an incident where his father tried to burn him alive. (19 words)
Filter-feeding may, in fact, be a critical adaptation that allows the persistence of gigantism, even in the face of substantial environmental changes. (23 words)
In this regard, it should be noted that Bunyan's extreme gigantism was a later invention, and that early stories either do not mention it or, as in the Stewart and Watt paper, refer to him as being about seven feet tall. (42 words)
This naturally sets up King Cold as a genuine threat (a great feint for Future Trunks’ introduction,) but subsequent scenes drop Cold’s gigantism. (24 words)
Filter-feeding may, in fact, be a critical adaptation that allows the persistence of gigantism, even in the face of substantial environmental changes. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
Filter-feeding may, in fact, be a critical adaptation that allows the persistence of gigantism, even in the face of substantial environmental changes.
That huge sea scorpions made this journey hints that gigantism could have played an important role in migration.
This naturally sets up King Cold as a genuine threat (a great feint for Future Trunks’ introduction,) but subsequent scenes drop Cold’s gigantism.
Tiny suffered from gigantism and was disfigured due to an incident where his father tried to burn him alive.
In this regard, it should be noted that Bunyan's extreme gigantism was a later invention, and that early stories either do not mention it or, as in the Stewart and Watt paper, refer to him as being about seven feet tall.