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DWARFISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dwarfism" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dwarfism"):
pycnodysostosis (a form of dwarfism accompanied by fragile bones and bad teeth)
Context examples:
A form of dwarfism due to deficient release of GROWTH HORMONE which may result from dysfunction of the hypothalamus or anterior pituitary gland.
(Pituitary Dwarfism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease characterized by abnormal skeletal developments, dwarfism, heart disorders, and central nervous system deficits.
(Morquio Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A very rare syndrome characterized by multiple congenital abnormalities including abnormally shaped head, mandibular hypoplasia, parrot nose, bilateral congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, dwarfism and hypotrichosis.
(Hallermann Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Dwarfism itself is not a disease.
(Dwarfism, NIH)
More than 200 different conditions can cause dwarfism.
(Dwarfism, NIH)
A single type, called achondroplasia, causes about 70 percent of all dwarfism.
(Dwarfism, NIH)
