dwarfism
Collocations
2ADJ.
intellectual, permanent
DWARFISM + NOUN
themselves
Definitions
noun
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.
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!
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Synonyms
noun — a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature
- nanism
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2Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.
WiktionaryChildish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!
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