gigantism

gigantism

美 [d?a?'gænt?z?m] 　英 [d?a?'gænt?z?m]

• n.巨人癥
• 網絡巨大癥；巨大畸形；巨大畸形癥

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. 巨大,龐大 2. 【醫】巨人癥,巨大發育,巨大畸形

英英解釋

n.	1. excessive growth due to overproduction of growth hormone by the pituitary gland before the end of adolescence 2. the quality or condition of being very large, tall, or bulky

例句

Gigantism has been a common feature of land animals since the beginning of the Jurassic period, more than 200 million years ago.

自兩億多年前的侏儸紀之初，體型巨大就是陸生動物的普遍特點。

IT is often associated wITh pITuITary gigantism.

常伴發腦下垂體巨人癥。

The military-industrial complex battens off the gigantism of advanced technology; it is not the ally of communal or organic values.

軍事-工業聯合體進一步強化了先進技術的復雜度；它絕不是社群或有機價值觀的盟友。

However, the technology throws up serious ethical and welfare questions, with evidence of miscarriages, deformities and gigantism.

然而，有證據顯示克隆中會出現流產，畸形胎和巨人癥等現象，因此克隆技術引發了嚴肅的道德及福利問題。

GH secreting tumors, which are more common in men, may present with acromegaly in adults and gigantism in children.

生長激素分泌性腫瘤多見于男性，可以出現肢端肥大癥（成人）和巨人癥（兒童）。

The condition resulting from an excess of pituitary hormones, characterized by gigantism in children and acromegaly in adults.

癥垂體荷爾蒙過度引起的狀態，特征是小孩巨大畸形，成人患肢端肥大病。

The strongest support for this theory of theropod gigantism comes from what is known about the rise of T. rex, however.

然而，這個獸足類巨大化理論最有力的支持，卻來自對霸王龍身世的了解。

Chinese cities also suffer from gigantism. There's this obsession with being as large as possible.

中國的城市也受到大型化趨勢的影響，越大越好。

Is there any evolutionary advantage to gigantism?

長成巨無霸有沒有演化上的優勢？

Diagnosis and treatment of gigantism resulting from pituitary growth hormone adenoma

垂體生長激素腺瘤致巨人癥的診斷和治療

Analysis of related factor on 333 case gigantism and probe of preventive Measure

333例巨大兒相關因素分析及預防措施探討