nanism
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nanism (countable and uncountable, plural nanisms)
- (biology, medicine) Unusually small size, as the result of a developmental abnormality.
- 2006 April, Henri Friedhofer et al., “Surgical treatment for eyelid deformity in Crouzon syndrome associated with acanthosis nigricans: case report”, in Clinics[1]:
- In this gene, other mutations can cause a kind of nanism that is lethal during the first weeks of life.
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Borrowed from French nanisme. By surface analysis, nan + -ism.
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nanism n (uncountable)
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declension of nanism (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) nanism | nanismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) nanism | nanismului |
| vocative | nanismule | |