ateliotic
1ateliotic — Marked by ateliosis. * * * ate·li·ot·ic or chiefly Brit ate·lei·ot·ic ät ik adj of, relating to, or affected with ateliosis ateliotic or chiefly Brit ateleiotic n an individual affected with ateliosis …
2ateliotic — adj. suffering from ateliosis (disorder characterized by a childlike appearance and lack of physical development) …
3ateliotic — atel·i·ot·ic …
4ateliotic — adjective see ateliosis …
5ateliotic dwarf — a dwarf whose skeleton is infantile with persistent nonunion between epiphyses and diaphyses …
6ateliosis — ateliotic /euh tel ee ot ik/, adj. /euh tee lee oh sis, euh tel ee /, n. Pathol. a form of infantilism caused by pituitary malfunction, characterized by a childish face and voice and associated physical underdevelopment, but not affecting… …
7Dwarfism — Abnormally short stature, which may be due to a variety of causes. Some forms are hereditary. See also {{}}achondroplasia; dwarfism, pituitary. * * * A condition or a group of conditions in which the standing height of the person is below the 3rd …
8atelia — SYN: ateliosis. * * * ate·lia (ə teґle ə) [Gr. ateleia incompleteness] imperfect or incomplete development. ateliotic adj …
9panhypopituitarism — A state in which the secretion of all anterior pituitary hormones is inadequate or absent; caused by a variety of disorders that result in destruction or loss of function of all or most of the anterior pituitary gland. Rare forms of PHP are… …
