Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanocormia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nanocormia
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of dwarfism characterized by a very short trunk

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Since a purified form of hCGH was first isolated from human pituitary in 1956 (Li and Papkoff, Science, 124, 1293 (1956)), there have been made a large number of works on hGH to elucidate, e.g., the effect of hCGH on human metabo lism (Beck, J. C. et al., Science, 125, 884(1957)) and inhibitory activity of hCGH on pituitary nanocormia (Raben, M. S., J. Clin. Endocrinol., 18,901(1958))."
"For instance, if electric stimulus is given to the ventromedial hypothalamic lesion (VMH) in hypothalamus regions, it causes an increase of the amount of food intake, and causes a decrease of energy expenditure, thus resulting in obesity; if the lateral hypothalamus (LH) is stimulated by electricity, food intake decreases and energy expenditure increases, which causes nanocormia and anorexia"

Etymology

From nano- (“dwarf”) + Latin cormus, Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: nano
Root: cormus, κορμός

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nanocormia mean?: A form of dwarfism characterized by a very short trunk
Where does nanocormia come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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