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Primordial dwarfism is a form of dwarfism that results in a smaller body size in all stages of life beginning from before birth. More specifically primordial dwarfism is a diagnostic category including specific types of profoundly proportionate dwarfism in which individuals are extremely small for their age even as a fetus. Most individuals with primordial dwarfism are not diagnosed until they are about 3 years of age.