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ateliosis

American

[uh-tee-lee-oh-sis, uh-tel-ee-] / əˌti liˈoʊ sɪs, əˌtɛl i- /

Also ateleiosis

noun

Pathology.

a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting intelligence.

1900–05; < Greek ateleí(a) “imperfection, incompletion” ( see a- ⁶, tele- ², -ia) + -osis

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