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Short stature refers to a height of a human being which is below typical. Whether a person is considered short depends on the context. Because of the lack of preciseness there is often disagreement about the degree of shortness that should be called short.In a medical context short stature is typically defined as an adult height that is more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender which corresponds to the shortest 2.3% of individuals.