dwarf (dwarfism

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• Dwarf elephant — Dwarf elephants Temporal range: Pleistocene Dwarf Elephas skeleton cast Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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• Dwarf — may refer to: A person with dwarfism Dwarf (Germanic mythology), a being from Germanic mythology and folklore. Contents 1 Biology 2 Modern popular culture …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf tossing — is a bar attraction in which dwarfs wearing special padded clothing or Velcro costumes are thrown onto mattresses or at Velcro coated walls.[1] Participants compete to throw the dwarf the farthest. The term Smeagle throwing is sometimes used.… …   Wikipedia

• Dwarf-Maus — Dwarf Mäuse (engl. Singular: dwarf mouse, dwarf = ‚Zwerg‘) sind kleinwüchsige Mausmutanten und wichtige Modellorganismen in der Biogerontologie. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung und Typen 2 Einzelnachweise 3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• dwarf — [dwôrf] n. pl. dwarfs or dwarves [dwôrvz] [ME dwerf, dwergh < OE dweorg, akin to Ger zwerg < IE * dhwergh , prob. < base * dhwer , to trick, injure > Sans dhvarati, (he) injures] 1. any human being, animal, or plant that is much… …   English World dictionary

• dwarf|ism — «DWR fihz uhm», noun. the condition or character of being a dwarf; a generally underdeveloped condition of growth, especially in the bony tissue of the limbs: »Efforts to use the cattle hormone in humans to treat dwarfism have not been successful …   Useful english dictionary

• dwarfism — dwarf|ism [ dwɔrf,ızəm ] noun uncount MEDICAL the condition of being much smaller than an average person and having arms and legs that are short compared to the body …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dwarfism — dwarf·ism …   English syllables

• dwarfism — dwarf•ism [[t]ˈdwɔr fɪz əm[/t]] n. pat the condition of stunted growth …   From formal English to slang

• Dwarfism — This article is about the medical condition. For the legendary creature, see Dwarf (Germanic mythology). For other uses, see Dwarf (disambiguation). Dwarfism Classification and external resources Lavinia Warren …   Wikipedia