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Definition of Normal 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.
Generic synonyms: Dwarf, Midget, Nanus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Normal Dwarf
Literary usage of Normal dwarf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"... is in a different category from a normal dwarf appearing in a family with no
dwarfs in its recent lineage. The much cut- up leaves of the fresh-water ..."
2. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1917)
"... yolk had entered the duct and started the formation of the B. EVIDENCE FROM
THE EGG RECORDS AND AUTOPSY RECORDS OF normal dwarf EGG PRODUCERS WHICH WERE ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"... Zea, and Nicotiana but it appears to induce a general dwarfing, that is the
production of a normal dwarf plant. Inoculations led to the same results. ..."
4. Neurotic Disorders of Childhood: Including a Study of Auto and Intestinal by Benjamin Knox Rachford (1905)
"It is my belief that a normal dwarf, with no bad hereditary influences behind
him, may without injury to himself keep pace in mental development with ..."
5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"On young plants and shoots the leaves are frequently very much larger than normal;
dwarf leaves are common on the fruiting branches. The shape is variable, ..."
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