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dwarfism
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /ˈdwɔː.fɪ.zəm/ us /ˈdwɔːr.fɪ.zəm/
a condition that causes a person to be much smaller than the usual size: 侏儒症
Achondroplasia is the most common genetic condition that results in dwarfism.软骨发育不全是导致侏儒症最常见的遗传状况。
people with dwarfism罹患侏儒症的人
Her condition has been categorised as a form of dwarfism.
There are more than 200 types of dwarfism, causing some form of disability in 1 out of 40,000 children in the United States.
She is concerned with the indignities and injustices visited upon people whose bodies don't fit the usual moulds, such as conjoined twins and people with dwarfism.
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