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From WikiMD's Wellness Encyclopedia

 - tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening;  (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length;  primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;  of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration;  not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;  lacking foresight or scope;  low in stature; not tall;  marked by rude or peremptory shortness;  (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;  not sufficient to meet a need;  less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;  at a disadvantage;  so as to interrupt;  at some point or distance before a goal is reached;  clean across;  without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;  quickly and without warning;  in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;  the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed;  the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base;  accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference;  create a short circuit in;  cheat someone by not returning him enough money

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Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD