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nanism

American  
[ney-niz-uhm, nan-iz-] / ˈneɪ nɪz əm, ˈnæn ɪz- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.

Etymology

Origin of nanism

1855–60; < French nanisme, equivalent to Greek nân ( os ) dwarf + French -isme -ism

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Again, atrophy is to be separated from that general diminution in the size of the whole plant or of distinct parts of that plant which is comprised under the term "nanism."

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