LEVI-LORRAIN DWARF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf)

Synonyms:

hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf; pituitary dwarf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Levi-Lorrain dwarf" is a kind of...):

dwarf; midget; nanus (a person who is markedly small)

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