Medical Dictionary
pygmy
noun pyg·my
plural pygmies also pigmies
Medical Definition of PYGMY
1
capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height
2
: a relatively short or small individual : dwarf
—pygmy adjective
Variants of PYGMY
pyg·my also pig·my \ˈpig-mē\
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