gigantism中文什么意思

n.
1.巨大，庞大。
2.【医学】巨人症，巨大发育，巨大畸形 (＝ giantism)。

• acromegalic gigantism:    巨人性肢端肥大症; 指端肥大症巨人发 ...
• cerebral gigantism:    大脑性巨人症
• dental gigantism:    巨牙畸形

例句与用法

1. Mr richardson returns again and again to the concept of “ gigantism ” ? the disproportionate enlargement of limbs and other body parts for greater expressive and psychological effect ? which gave picasso ' s own classicism an ironic edge
   理查森先生一次又一次重新领略了艺术家作品中的“巨大化”手法? ?这是一种通过无比例地对人的四肢与身体的其它部位进行巨大化的手法，从而达到更强的表现力与震撼心理的效果? ?这种手法也让毕加索自己的古典风格有了讽刺意味的优势。
2. Growth and development of animals were regulated by many factors including gene , environment , nutrition and endocrine . in endocrine system , growth hormone ( gh ) always taks up a centerlly regulative place . previous studies have shown that patients with gigantism or dwarfism have abnormal high or low plasma gh levels , respectively , and animals treated with exogenous gh markedly improved its growth . therefore , it is reasonable to enhance the levels of gh in plasma by some techniques will result in improvement of animal production performance
   在内分泌系统中，尽管任何一种内分泌激素都不能单独地调控动物全部生长和发育过程，不过生长激素在其中仍占据着中心调节作用的位置。已知，巨人症患者生长激素水平极度的升高，而侏儒症患者的生长激素水平则显著地降低，同时，注射外源性生长激素可明显地提高动物的生长速度，改善了动物的胴体组成。

英文释义

名词

1. excessive largeness of stature
   同义词：giantism
2. excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
   同义词：giantism, overgrowth