Dwarfism was a medical condition causing the subject to grow to a limited size, maturing at around half the typical size of the species. Such people were sometimes called "dwarfs". It was one of a number of handicaps that randomly afflicted Grey Orions, due to their genetic mutilation. (FASA RPG - The Orions module: Book of Deep Knowledge) Notable dwarfs were Alexander of Platonius (TOS episode: "Plato's Stepchildren") and Kobry (ST comic: "Aspiring to be Angels").
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| - Dwarfism was a medical condition causing the subject to grow to a limited size, maturing at around half the typical size of the species. Such people were sometimes called "dwarfs". It was one of a number of handicaps that randomly afflicted Grey Orions, due to their genetic mutilation. (FASA RPG - The Orions module: Book of Deep Knowledge) Notable dwarfs were Alexander of Platonius (TOS episode: "Plato's Stepchildren") and Kobry (ST comic: "Aspiring to be Angels").
- Dwarfs are not a distinct race or species, not anymore than those born mentally handicapped are. Non-human races such as the Children of the Forest or the Giants are believed to have gone extinct many thousands of years ago, and some believe they never existed at all. Some non-human races such as the Giants, as it turns out, actually do exist in isolated regions of the world such as beyond the Wall. Still, for the most part, the Known World is populated entirely by humans, though humans are split into many different races, ethnicities, and nationalities. Unlike the fables told to children by nurses such as Old Nan, there is no distinct "race" of dwarfs in the realistic world Westeros is in - simply a few human beings with the medical condition of dwarfism.
- Forms of extreme shortness characterized by proportional body parts usually (but not always) have a hormonal or nutritional cause. An example is growth hormone deficiency, once known as "pituitary dwarfism". However, some rare types of genetic dwarfism, such as Primordial dwarfism, also exhibit with correct proportions compared to an average person. The Little People of America (LPA) defines dwarfism as a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" (147 cm) or shorter.
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| - Any person with a height or weight more than three standard deviations from the average for persons of the same sex and age.
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| - Dwarfs are not a distinct race or species, not anymore than those born mentally handicapped are. Non-human races such as the Children of the Forest or the Giants are believed to have gone extinct many thousands of years ago, and some believe they never existed at all. Some non-human races such as the Giants, as it turns out, actually do exist in isolated regions of the world such as beyond the Wall. Still, for the most part, the Known World is populated entirely by humans, though humans are split into many different races, ethnicities, and nationalities. Unlike the fables told to children by nurses such as Old Nan, there is no distinct "race" of dwarfs in the realistic world Westeros is in - simply a few human beings with the medical condition of dwarfism. Dwarfism can be inherited, though sometimes the children of dwarfs will not inherit their parent's condition and possess average height. Sometimes dwarfism is inherited but lies dormant in a bloodline for many generations, only for a dwarf child to be born into a family that almost forgot that it had a distant dwarf ancestor. Other times, dwarfism can occur completely at random, with absolutely no prior family history.
- Dwarfism was a medical condition causing the subject to grow to a limited size, maturing at around half the typical size of the species. Such people were sometimes called "dwarfs". It was one of a number of handicaps that randomly afflicted Grey Orions, due to their genetic mutilation. (FASA RPG - The Orions module: Book of Deep Knowledge) Notable dwarfs were Alexander of Platonius (TOS episode: "Plato's Stepchildren") and Kobry (ST comic: "Aspiring to be Angels").
- Forms of extreme shortness characterized by proportional body parts usually (but not always) have a hormonal or nutritional cause. An example is growth hormone deficiency, once known as "pituitary dwarfism". However, some rare types of genetic dwarfism, such as Primordial dwarfism, also exhibit with correct proportions compared to an average person. The Little People of America (LPA) defines dwarfism as a medical or genetic condition that usually results in an adult height of 4'10" (147 cm) or shorter. The form of dwarfism that is portrayed in Merry Little Christmas is Cartilage-hair hypoplasia. This is the form of dwarfism exhibited by Billy Barty and Verne Troyer.
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