Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA form of dwarfism characterized by a very short trunk
2 more examples
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)).
2003, Se-Chang Kwon, Sung-youb Jung. Hoon Shin, Jay-Do Choi, Ki-Doo Choi, Gwan-Sun Lee, Modified E. coli enterotoxin II signal peptide and a microorganism expressing a fusion protein of a said peptide and a heterologous protein (US Patent US6605697B1)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
2011, D Han, S Kim, B Cho, “mRNA Expression on Neuropeptide Y (NPY) to Exercise Intensity and Recovery Time”, in Journal of Physical Therapy Science, volume 23, number 5
Origin
- Ancient Greekκορμός“trunk”
- Latincormus
- Englishnanocormia
From nano- (“dwarf”) + Latin cormus, Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French nanocormie
- nanocormieTranslations
Cite this entry
nanocormia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanocormia
“nanocormia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanocormia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nanocormia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nanocormia.
Source: nanocormia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.