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NANUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is markedly small

Synonyms:

dwarf; midget; nanus

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nanus" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nanus"):

hypophysial dwarf; Levi-Lorrain dwarf; pituitary dwarf (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))

hypoplastic dwarf; normal dwarf; primordial dwarf; true dwarf (an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect; body parts and mental and sexual development are normal)

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