Definition of Hypoplastic dwarf

1. Noun. An achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal.

Exact synonyms: Normal Dwarf, Primordial Dwarf, True Dwarf
Generic synonyms: Dwarf, Midget, Nanus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoplastic Dwarf

hypopiesis
hypopigmentation
hypopigmentations
hypopigmented
hypopituitarism
hypopituitarisms
hypopituitary
hypoplasia
hypoplasia of right ventricle
hypoplasia of the thymus and parathyroids
hypoplasias
hypoplasic
hypoplastic
hypoplastic anaemia
hypoplastic anemia
hypoplastic dwarf (current term)
hypoplastic heart
hypoplastic left heart syndrome
hypoplastra
hypoplastron
hypoplastrons
hypoploid
hypoploids
hypoploidy
hypopnea
hypopneas
hypopneic
hypopnoea
hypoposia

Literary usage of Hypoplastic dwarf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Obstetrics: A Text-book for the Use of Students and Practitioners by John Whitridge Williams (1912)
"The hypoplastic dwarf Pelvis.—According to Breus and Kolisko this variety of pelvis is observed in very small individuals, and is simply a normal pelvis in ..."

2. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1903)
"... and hypoplastic dwarf and the contracted pelvis due to absence of the bodies of the sacral vertebra. Under the head of "In simple flat ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1904)
"In this chart, under the head of "In uniformly contracted peh'is" may be included the pelvis of the true and hypoplastic dwarf and the contracted pelvis due ..."

4. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"Breuss and Kolisko indeed state that in the hypoplastic dwarf only the height is childish, the other dimensions only in part childish. ..."

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