HyperDic: pituitary_dwarf

English > 1 sense of the expression pituitary dwarf:
NOUNperson pituitary dwarf, hypophysial dwarf, Levi-Lorrain dwarfa dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)
English > pituitary dwarf: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf).
Synonymshypophysial dwarf, Levi-Lorrain dwarf
Broaderdwarf, midget, nanusA person who is markedly small

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