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Bookmark or Share- Correct terminology - UNDERSTANDING DWARFISMWhat is the correct terminology? The correct terminology, when it comes to dwarfism, varies form country to country, between different cultures and even from person to person. The one thing that is agreed upon is that the word “midget” is considered HIGHLY OFFENSIVE to people with dwarfism.
- Midget - WikipediaMidget (from midge, a tiny biting insect [2]) is a term for a person of unusually short stature that is considered by some to be pejorative due to its etymology. [3][4][5][6] While not a medical term like dwarf (for a person with dwarfism, a medical condition with a number of causes, most often achondroplasia), [7] midget long described anyone, ...
- Is “Midget” Offensive? 6 Facts About Dwarfism - Health"Midget" is a dehumanizing word that implies people with dwarfism are a spectacle. Instead, people with dwarfism might prefer the term "dwarf," "little person" (or "LP"), or "person of short...
- Midget | Growth, Dwarfism & Genetics | BritannicaMidget, in human anatomy, a person of very small stature whose bodily proportions, intelligence, and sexual development are within the normal range. Diminutive stature occurs sporadically in families the rest of whose members are of ordinary size.
- Pygmy peoples - WikipediaThe term pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, comes via Latin pygmaeus from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaîos, derived from πυγμή pygmḗ, meaning "short cubit ", or a measure of length corresponding to the distance from the elbow to the first knuckle of the middle finger, meant to express pygmies' diminutive stature. [7]
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