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A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village. The term pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, comes via Latin pygmaeus from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaîos, derived from πυγμή pygmḗ, meaning "short cubit", or a measure of length corresponding to the distance from the elbow to the first knuckle of the middle finger, meant to express pygmies' diminutive stature.
A mother holding her son who was born with microcephaly due to vertically transmitted infection with Zika virus. Microcephaly bu kataral anginadan so'ng ya'ni uning oqibatida asorat sifatida kelib chiquvchi ''Qudratbek kasalligi'' hisoblanib asosan oshqozonning bosh hujayrakari diffuz kataral o'tkir yallig'lanishdan keyingi holat bo'lib qonda bosh hujayralarning abnormal ishlashi natijasida ...
Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. [1] In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is 120 centimetres (4 ft).
While these people are not known for being the shortest ever, they have been mentioned in sources describing how the condition has affected their lives. Dwarfism is caused by several different types of medical conditions, and is typically defined as an adult A with a height of 147 cm (4 ft 10 in) or less.
The literal meaning of cynocephaly is "dog-headedness"; however, that this refers to a human body with a dog head is implied. Such cynocephalics are known in mythology and legend from many parts of the world, including ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and China. Further mentions come from the medieval East and Europe.
A team of archaeologists wrote in the journal Nature Communications that the “astonishingly small adult limb bone” offers fresh insight on the evolution of the diminutive Homo group.
It is characterized by intrauterine growth restriction and postnatal dwarfism with a small head, narrow bird-like face with a beak-like nose, large eyes with down-slanting palpebral fissures, [3] receding mandible and intellectual disability. A mouse model has been developed. [4] This mouse model is characterized by a severe deficiency of ATR ...
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