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Dwarfism

//ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature). countable, uncountable

    "Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage."

  2. 2
    a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of being puny or inferior. countable, uncountable

    "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!"

Etymology

From dwarf + -ism.

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