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dwarfisms

dwarfisms is the plural of dwarfism.

Meaning of dwarfism

Noun

dwarfism (countable and uncountable, plural dwarfisms)

  1. The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
    • Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.1985, J. D. Esko et al., “Animal Cell Mutants Defective in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 82, number 10...
  2. The quality of being puny or inferior.
    • Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!2011, Peter Burt, Fables, page 124

Questions about dwarfisms

What is dwarfisms the plural of?
Dwarfisms is the plural of dwarfism.

Words near dwarfisms in the dictionary

  1. dwarfins
  2. dwarfish
  3. dwarfishly
  4. dwarfishness
  5. dwarfism
  6. dwarfisms
  7. dwarfkind
  8. dwarflike
  9. dwarfling
  10. dwarflings
  11. dwarfmaid

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