dwarfism
noun
- condition affecting a person or animal short in stature, caused by slow or delayed growth
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/ / /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English dwarf Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dwarfism From dwarf + -ism.
- The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
“Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.”
“They didn’t find out I had achondroplastic dwarfism until a few months later. “Achondroplasia” is a word that haunted me in my childhood. I never wanted to hear it. It wasn’t who I was. I was not different.”
- The quality of being puny or inferior.
“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!”