gigantism


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excessive size

excessive largeness of stature

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If rather one is interested in the larger picture of how industrial gigantism has helped shape the world in which we live today, particularly as a social force, this is the book.
Protests against this state gigantism and its use of national icons has come, over the medium to longer term, from celebrities including Arundhati Roy and Aamir Khan, and especially the Narmada Bachao Andolan - an Adivasi movement that has co-opted human rights activists.
Kosen's growth and massive height is caused by a condition known as "pituitary gigantism", which is the result of an over-production of growth hormone.
The "gigantism" began soon after the bird's evolutionary transition from flight to diving.
" The results obtained suggest that gigantism was common among the grandparents of today's penguins.
Many prefer the term 'digital gigantism' because it encompasses enlargement of all tissue elements, including the skeleton.
A few inches aren't going to make you look like you suffer from gigantism. Heels, all the way; even if you are 6 feet.
The drug is already approved for the treatment of acromegaly and pituitary gigantism in Japan since 2012.
Some of the medical oddities featured on the 'cautionary' show include: A rare form of gigantism of the limbs.
Hitler's plans for the reconstruction of Berlin reflected the same neoclassical gigantism. And the interior of the palace in Bucharest, a kind of Louis XIV style on steroids, is just a more extravagant version of Donald Trump's living quarters in Florida and New York.
So this calligrapher, Omar Aqta', switched from miniaturization to gigantism.
Hayek noted that "liberty in practice depends on very prosaic matters." Recognizing this, Reagan "call[ed] for an end to gigantism, for a return to the human scale...