dwarf /dwôrf/ [AS, dweorge] , 1. n., a person of extremely short stature, especially one whose body parts are not proportional. Also called nanus. See also achondroplastic dwarf, ateliotic dwarf, cretin dwarf, diastrophic dwarf, nanocephalic dwarf, phocomelic dwarf, pituitary dwarf, primordial dwarf, sexual dwarf, thanatophoric dwarf. 2. v., to prevent or retard, for example, normal growth.
