Name of Baby Doll's disease?
Andy00
"I have been a word in a book."
The Song of Taliesin
"If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that
fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and
heartbeats."
Richard Bach -- "Illusions"
BANE
I believe the exact line was.....
"Systemic Hypoplasia, a rare term, that keeps her from aging"
anyway, thats what they called the condition.
....I3 A N E.....
ANIM8Rfsk
<< Yes, in the Animated series they gave it a name.
I believe the exact line was.....
"Systemic Hypoplasia, a rare term, that keeps her from aging" >>
Google has a bunch of hits for the term, but the first one was all about 'non
erotic tickling fiction' or something . ..
Len-L
wrote:
It's not a real disease. The writers came up with a couple of medical
sounding words. "Systemic" means "whole body" and "hypoplasia" means
"underdeveloped."
Len-L
Brian Doyle
"Len-L" <le...@krypton.gov> wrote in message
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> On 18 Nov 2002 20:27:07 GMT, anim...@aol.comNOSPAM (ANIM8Rfsk)
> wrote:
>
> ><< From: "BANE" ba...@iol.ie >>
> >
> >
> ><< Yes, in the Animated series they gave it a name.
> >I believe the exact line was.....
> >
> >"Systemic Hypoplasia, a rare term, that keeps her from aging" >>
> >
> >Google has a bunch of hits for the term, but the first one was all about 'non
> >erotic tickling fiction' or something . ..
>
> It's not a real disease.
As Dahl says, it's not a disease it's a condition. It's supposed to be the same sort
of condition that Gary Coleman has, which was actually a kidney problem called
"nephritis" which prevented growth in his body.
>The writers came up with a couple of medical sounding words. "Systemic" means "whole
> body" and "hypoplasia" means "underdeveloped."
I dunno about that, hypoplasia is used to define particular types of dwarfism. Billy
Barty, for example had "Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia Syndrome" (but as he put it, he
prefered to be called "Billy" :) )
Google does supply a couple of plausible looking medical sites making reference to a
condition called Systemic hypolplasia", and not the ticking fics either....
http://www.forsyth.org/oralpathology/case_095a_answer.htm
But it does appear to be dental here....
Besides Dahl would appear to be a midget rather than a dwarf, since her body is in
proportion for it's apparent age, though it's a cartoony type of self.
Jeremy Henderson
>Yes, in the Animated series they gave it a name.
>I believe the exact line was.....
>
>"Systemic Hypoplasia, a rare term, that keeps her from aging"
>
>anyway, thats what they called the condition.
>
It doesn't appear to really exist. Hypoplasia is a condition where a
part of the body doesn't develop normally, but there's no such thing
as "systemic hypoplasia" where the entire body remains in a child-like
state (at least as far as I can find).
Daniel Dreibelbis
Jeremy Henderson <hell...@verizon.net> wrote:
> It doesn't appear to really exist. Hypoplasia is a condition where a
> part of the body doesn't develop normally, but there's no such thing
> as "systemic hypoplasia" where the entire body remains in a child-like
> state (at least as far as I can find).
there is a condition that appears in women called Turner Syndrome
which manifests itself as not allowing certain parts of the body to
mature - this can manifest itself in most cases as having an undeveloped
uterus . And I believe I've read that in certain extreme cases the
woman's entire body won't mature to the point that they resemble a
child. I know about this personally, as a member of my family has Turner
Syndrome.
--
Dan Dreibelbis, Guitar Nerd - Better Living Through Home Recording
http://www.mp3.com/dan_dreibelbis
Len-L
<brian...@afdigest.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
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>"Len-L" <le...@krypton.gov> wrote in message
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>> >
>> >"Systemic Hypoplasia, a rare term, that keeps her from aging" >>
>> >
>>
>> It's not a real disease.
>
>As Dahl says, it's not a disease it's a condition. It's supposed to be the same sort
>of condition that Gary Coleman has, which was actually a kidney problem called
>"nephritis" which prevented growth in his body.
>
>>The writers came up with a couple of medical sounding words. "Systemic" means "whole
>> body" and "hypoplasia" means "underdeveloped."
>
>I dunno about that, hypoplasia is used to define particular types of dwarfism.
In real life, I am a doctor.
There is no such disease or condition. It's fictional.
Chris
>>Brian wrote:
>>>Len-L wrote:
>>>The writers came up with a couple of medical sounding words.
"Systemic"
>>> means "whole body" and "hypoplasia" means "underdeveloped."
>> I dunno about that, hypoplasia is used to define particular types
of
>> dwarfism.
> In real life, I am a doctor.
You are?
> There is no such disease or condition. It's fictional.
"Systemic hypoplasia" is fictional -- but Brian wasn't saying
otherwise. He was talking about "Cartilage-hair hypoplasia:"
http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/files/CARTILAG.HTM
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DEFINITION:
A hereditary disorder characterizedby short limbed (micromelic)
dwarfism and a primary T cell disorder.
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There's also:
http://www.lpaonline.org/resources_dwarftypes.html
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Septo optic dysplasia
Also known as *optic-nerve hypoplasia* and DeMorsier's syndrome, this
condition is marked by a pituitary-gland disorder that, if left
untreated, will affect vision and brain function, and will result in
short stature as well.
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So, yeah, "Systemic hypoplasia" is fictional, but the writers were
careful to use language that sounded credible.
~C
e-mail: cs[underscore]451[at]yahoo[dot]com
Chris
> http://www.forsyth.org/oralpathology/case_095a_answer.htm
>
> But it does appear to be dental here....
That's the only instance of it that I can find -- but it's a
conicidence. The page is describing dental hypoplasia as being
systemic, not saying that the condition is called systemic hypoplasia.
The adjective just happens to land in the right place. ;)