dwarfismn.
/ˈdwɔːfɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈd(w)ɔrˌfɪzəm/ 1. depreciative. The condition of being (relatively) inferior, unimportant, ineffectual, or insignificant or deficient in some respect. Cf. dwarf n. 1b.
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1807 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 333 The much that evinces your injustice in fancying modern poetic talent in a state of dwarfism, from the days of Chaucer, Spencer, and Dryden.
1874 Bible Christian Mag. July 297 Time! it is increasing the volume and value of your being, or shrivelling you into a despicable dwarfism of soul.
1930 Catholic Mind 28 194 What societal conditions..will stunt its [sc. human nature's] growth and bring on moral dwarfism?
2007 Afr. News (Nexis) 17 Jan. Such intolerance when commenting on a national issue is symptomatic of political dwarfism.
2. The condition of being unusually short or small (as a result of a genetic, medical, or environmental condition or process).Frequently with distinguishing word specifying the type or cause of the condition, as achondroplastic dwarfism, pituitary dwarfism, etc.See also disproportionate dwarfism n., proportionate dwarfism n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > other disorders
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > vigorous growth > lack of > dwarfed creature > dwarfism
dwarfism1833
nanism1857
proportionate dwarfism1905
disproportionate dwarfism1909
1833 Dublin Jrnl. Med. & Chem. Sci. 4 253 The ancients..considered that the cause to which dwarfism is owing, was a deficiency in the quantity or quality of the seminal fluid.
1852 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 10 Mar. We would think that the line of descent would stop before dwarfism and idiocy were reached, and consequently that no races of dwarfs and idiots could be perpetuated.
1895 Entomologist 128 131 The specimen was a small male with yellowish under wings, due principally, in my opinion, to dwarfism caused by bad rearing.
1917 Genetics 2 380 This skipping of generations..would speak against the view that the achondroplastic dwarfism is a simple dominant trait.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xciii. 535 Besides short stature, other striking clinical signs of pituitary dwarfism in German shepherds include hyperpigmentation and fragility of the skin.
2006 Independent 8 June 17/1 It is the first time scientists have found evidence of dwarfism in dinosaurs, which could have evolved in response to a shortage of food on the island where they lived 150 million years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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