Concept information
Preferred term
dwarfism
Definition
- Dwarfism, also known as short stature, occurs when an organism is extremely small. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex, although some individuals with dwarfism are slightly taller. (Wikipedia)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- campomelic dysplasia
- diastrophic dysplasia
- geleophysic dwarfism
- Hallermann-Streiff-François syndrome
- intrauterine dwarfism
- Laron dwarfism
- leprechaunism
- Majewski syndrome
- Marchesani dwarfism
- mesomelic dwarfism
- metatropic dwarfism
- MULIBREY dwarfism
- Noonan syndrome
- parastremmatic dwarfism
- pituitary dwarfism
- Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome
- progeria
- pseudoachondroplasia
- pseudodiastrophic dwarfism
- Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
- Saldino-Noonan syndrome
- Schwartz-Jampel dwarfism
- Seckel syndrome
- Silver-Russell syndrome
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz dwarfism
- spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
- thanatophoric dwarfism
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-HWD5JP3B-D
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