dwarfism

noun2

1. •
   The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).

   • Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage. — 1985
2. •
   The quality of being puny or inferior.

   • Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves! — 2011