Macrosomia

Macrosomia
Overly large body. A child with macrosomia has significant overgrowth.
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Abnormally large size of the body. SYN: megasomia. [macro- + G. soma, body]

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mac·ro·so·mia .mak-rə-'sō-mē-ə n GIGANTISM
mac·ro·so·mic -'sō-mik adj

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n.
abnormally large size. In fetal macrosomia a large baby is associated with poorly controlled maternal diabetes. The increased size is due to excessive production of fetal insulin and thence to increased deposition of glycogen in the fetus.

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mac·ro·so·mia (mak″ro-soґme-ə) [macro- + -somia] abnormally large size; see also gigantism and megasoma. Called also macrosomatia.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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