Gigantism
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| Gigantism | |
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| Term | Gigantism |
| Short definition | giant lymph node hyperplasia (JY-unt limf-node HY-per-PLAY-zhuh) A rare condition in which benign (noncancerous) growths form in the lymph node tissue. There are two main ways in which giant lymph node hyperplasia occurs: localized (unicentric) and multicentric. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Gigantism - (pronounced) (jy-GAN-tih-zum) A condition in which all or part of the body grows much larger than normal
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