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    extremities and face. Gigantism is characterized by an excess of growth hormone (GH). The excess of growth hormone that brings about gigantism is virtually always...
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    In zoology, deep-sea gigantism or abyssal gigantism is the tendency for species of deep-sea dwelling animals to be larger than their shallower-water relatives...
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  • Muisky Gigant, a mountain in Buryatia Flettner Gigant, an experimental German helicopter Gigant Neo (b. 1998), a Swedish breeding stallion Gigantism This...
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    Island gigantism, or insular gigantism, is a biological phenomenon in which the size of an animal species isolated on an island increases dramatically...
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    Local gigantism or localised gigantism is a condition in which a certain part of the body acquires larger than normal size due to excessive growth of the...
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    births. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome Perlman syndrome Proteus syndrome Gigantism "Exploring Autism". www.exploringautism.org. Archived from the original...
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    pathological disorder (gigantism, acromegaly)   Living   Deceased   Height disputed   No growth-related pathological disorder (gigantism, acromegaly)   Found...
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    The Matador Gigant, initially called Matador, is a self-propelled combine harvester produced by the German agricultural company Claas in Harsewinkel. The...
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    Proteus syndrome Other names Partial gigantism-nevi-hemihypertrophy-macrocephaly syndrome, Wiedemann syndrome Alex Green, a 7-year-old boy with Proteus...
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  • Gigant (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior from...
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  • The Flettner Gigant was an experimental helicopter built in Germany during the early 1930s. Anton Flettner was an early rotary-wing pioneer in Germany...
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  • FC Gigant Grozny (Russian: «Гигант» (Грозный)) was a Russian football team from Grozny. It played professionally from 1992 to 1994. Their best result was...
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    syndrome. Originally termed EMG syndrome (for exomphalos, macroglossia, and gigantism), this syndrome over time became known as Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome...
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    size dimorphism may have evolved due to selection favoring female gigantism. Gigantism may have evolved in response to reduce the effectiveness of male...
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  • Ray Gigant (Japanese: レイギガント, Hepburn: Rei Giganto) is a role-playing video game developed by Experience. The game was published in Japan by Bandai Namco...
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  • Gigant Neo (17 May 1998 – 20 October 2021) was a Swedish breeding stallion and racing trotter by Super Arnie out of Clorita Lobell by Speedy Crown. His...
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    Adam Rainer (category People with gigantism)
    DamnInteresting.com, 1 December 2005. Hirsch, Oskar (1961). "Two Different Types of Gigantism Due to Similar Tumors. Discussion of Growth". Stereotactic and Functional...
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  • Gigant (Russian: Гига́нт; lit. giant) is a sovkhoz located in the rural locality of Gigant in Salsky District of Rostov Oblast, Russia. The Gigant was...
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    John F. Carroll (category People with gigantism)
    severe, 2-dimensional spinal curvature (Kyphoscoliosis) and acromegalic gigantism. He had a standing height of 8 ft 1⁄4 in (244 cm) on October 14, 1959...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II. Intended to support large-scale invasions, the...
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    relatives of continental hippopotamuses). These are examples of insular gigantism and insular dwarfism respectively. This observed effect is called Foster's...
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    Sultan Kösen (category People with gigantism)
    at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. Due...
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  • Muisky Gigant (Russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia...
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    Morteza Mehrzad (category People with gigantism)
    volleyball team. Mehrzad was born with a rare medical condition called gigantism which is triggered by excessive growth hormone production in the brain's...
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    Willie Camper (category People with gigantism)
    older, Camper worked as a performer. His unusual growth was caused by gigantism and problems with his thyroid. Up until his death, he was said to have...
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    Golabi–Rosen syndrome, Simpson dysmorphia syndrome (SDYS) or X-linked dysplasia gigantism syndrome (DGSX) Simpson–Golabi–Behmel syndrome has an X-linked recessive...
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  • Barcelona Olympic Village. Chrisafis, Angelique (January 2, 2024). "'Era of gigantism is over': why Paris chose banlieue for its Olympic Village". The Guardian...
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  • OFC Gigant (Bulgarian: ОФК Гигант) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province, currently playing in the South-East...
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    the most common combination being GH and prolactin, which present as Gigantism or Acromegaly and unexpected lactation (in both men and women).[citation...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider...
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