dwarfism

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).

   “Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage.”

   “Sure enough, they are hard to miss. As a non-binary trans drag queen with dwarfism, [Tamm] Reynolds must be in a minority of one.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being puny or inferior.

   “Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!”