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Word: Nanism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868). From French nanisme from classical Latin nānus dwarf + French -isme
Definition:
Genetic or physiological stunting of growth (of an animal or plant); an example or type of this.
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