Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Aberration from normal form by decrease in size; the character or quality of being dwarfed or pygmy; dwarfishness: opposed to gigantism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfism; dwarfishness; -- opposed to
gigantism .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology, medicine Unusually small size, as a result of a developmental abnormality
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Atrophy is partial and special in its operation, nanism is general.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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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."
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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A characteristic phenomenon is nanism: in Sardinia there are some species that are smaller than those living outside the Island, such as the small horses on the Giara plateau, or Sardinian deer, smaller than their European "cousins".
WN.com - Articles related to BP inks deal to save turtles from oil spill 2010
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A characteristic phenomenon is nanism: in Sardinia there are some species that are smaller than those living outside the Island, such as the small horses on the Giara plateau, or Sardinian deer, smaller than their European "cousins".
WN.com - Articles related to BP inks deal to save turtles from oil spill 2010
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A characteristic phenomenon is nanism: in Sardinia there are some species that are smaller than those living outside the Island, such as the small horses on the Giara plateau, or Sardinian deer, smaller than their European "cousins".
WN.com - Articles related to BP inks deal to save turtles from oil spill 2010
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A characteristic phenomenon is nanism: in Sardinia there are some species that are smaller than those living outside the Island, such as the small horses on the Giara plateau, or Sardinian deer, smaller than their European "cousins".
WN.com - Articles related to BP inks deal to save turtles from oil spill 2010
madmouth commented on the word nanism
O, nanism!
June 22, 2009