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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nanism  \Na"nism\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  +  -ism:  cf  F.  nanisme.] 
  The  condition  of  being  abnormally  small  in  stature; 
  dwarfishness;  --  opposed  to  {gigantism}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nanism 
  n  :  a  genetic  abnormality  resulting  in  short  stature  [syn:  {dwarfism}] 




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