nanism

[ney-niz-uh m, nan-iz-]

noun Medicine/Medical.

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

Origin of nanism

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

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Atrophy is partial and special in its operation, nanism is general.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters

nanism in Medicine

nanism

[nā′nĭz′əm, năn′ĭz′-]

n.

dwarfism

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