dwarfism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/
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Noun
[edit]dwarfism (countable and uncountable, plural dwarfisms)
- The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
- 1985, J. D. Esko et al., “Animal Cell Mutants Defective in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 82, number 10, page 3200:
- Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.
- The quality of being puny or inferior.
- 2011, Peter Burt, Fables, page 124:
- Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]condition of being a dwarf
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