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gigantism
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gigantism

Excessive height mostly due to overproduction of growth hormone during childhood causing abnormal growth.



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They became subject to evolutionary forces that propelled some toward giantism and reduced the size of others.
Today we suffer from an almost universal idolatry of giantism,' E.
Grandes equipamentos culturais": With that useful phrase the organizers of the fourth Arte/Cidade, a series of projects in Sao Paulo, describe the giantism not only of contemporary museums but also their megacity hosts.
 
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