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nanism

[ ney-niz-uhm, nan-iz- ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nanism1

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

Achondroplastic nanism is associated with a pathological deformity due to fœtal rickets.

Atrophy is partial and special in its operation, nanism is general.

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