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nanism
[ ney-niz-uhm, nan-iz- ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
- the condition of being unusually or abnormally small in size or stature; dwarfism.
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Achondroplastic nanism is associated with a pathological deformity due to fœtal rickets.
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Atrophy is partial and special in its operation, nanism is general.
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