nanism

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

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nanism¹

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

Example Sentences

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."

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