shortness

[US]/'ʃɔ:tnis/
[UK]/ˈʃ ɔrtnɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. lack of length or duration; brevity; rudeness due to being brief

Phrases & Collocations

shortness of breath

shortness of time

Example Sentences

abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.

Results The main manifestation concluded a constricted ring of the right upper limb and upper part of the head, skull defect, gastroschisis, eventration and extreme shortness of umbilical cord.

4. Five birth defects most commonly seen were arranged in following orders : deformity of external ear, polydactyly, congenital heart disease, extremities shortness, cheiloschisis and palatoschisis.

The common symptoms are repeated remittent fever、coughing、expectoration、shortness of breath、leukoplakia in mouth、rapid weight loss、striking tabefaction and so on.

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