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- Dictionaryscanty/ˈskanti/
adjective
- 1. small or insufficient in quantity or amount: "they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families" Similar Opposite
plural
- 1. women's skimpy knickers or pants. informal
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4 hours ago · In 1969, J Herrmann and colleagues 20 described a syndrome of intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, mild symmetric reduction of the limbs, flexion contractures of various joints, multiple minor anomalies (including capillary hemangiomas of the face, cloudy corneas, hypoplastic cartilages of the ears and nose, micrognathia, and scanty ...
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