| 释义 |
ateleiosis, ateliosis|ətɛlɪˈəʊsɪs, ətɛlaɪ-, ətiːl-|
[f. a- 14 + teleiosis.]
Dwarfism; defective or arrested development. Hence ateleiˈotic, -liˈotic a. Also as n., a person suffering from ateleiosis.
1902H. Gilford in Medico-Chirurg. Trans. LXXXV. 306 This delay of growth and development is so evidently the main feature, that I have suggested that the disease should receive a name which emphasizes this fact. I have proposed that it should receive the name of Ateleiosis. Ibid. 345 It is probable that ateleiotic dwarfs of the second class may be distinguished from all other dwarfs by their physiognomy alone. 1910Clinical Jrnl. 7 Dec. 140/1 A sexual ateleiotic who begat a family of children who, except one who was an asexual ateleiotic, were normal. 1913Proc. R. Soc. Med. VI. i. Clin. 197 (title) Ateleiosis in a Man, aged 45. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Rel. Growth iv. 131 In ateliotic dwarfs, the proportions of the limbs to the trunk and of the limb-segments to each other are not affected. |