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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.