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 Gigantism Fact Typical adult heights of Americans and Europeans to whom Gigantism might be applied are 7.5 to 8.5 feet (216-259 cm), although the term is rarely applied to basketball players and those whose heights appear to be the healthy result of normal genetics and nutrition.

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