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Short film

Short film: a motion picture of limited runtime, defined by the Academy as 40 minutes or less including credits. Also called Kurzfilm or court-métrage. Early cinema was entirely shorts; today shorts serve as a training ground and festival calling card rather than a revenue product.

Short hairpin RNA

Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) is an artificial stem-loop RNA expressed from DNA vectors, processed by Dicer into ~21-nt siRNA that loads RISC for long-term gene knockdown, unlike transient synthetic siRNA.

Short Line (bus company)

Short Line is a Coach USA brand providing commuter and intercity bus service in lower New York State, linking northern New Jersey and the Hudson Valley with Manhattan.

Short Mayo Composite

The Short Mayo Composite was a British piggy-back aircraft combination of the late 1930s, in which a small seaplane was launched from a larger flying boat.

Short n' Sweet

Short n' Sweet is Sabrina Carpenter's sixth studio album (Island Records, August 23, 2024), 12 tracks in 36 minutes. Singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please" made her a pop superstar; Amy Allen co-wrote all tracks; Metacritic 82.

Short n' Sweet Tour

Short n' Sweet Tour, Sabrina Carpenter's first arena-headlining world tour (2024-2025), supporting Short n' Sweet and Man's Best Friend; 72 shows over 14 months, Barbie-house set, viral nightly "Juno" arrests, Cash App café pop-ups.

Short People

"Short People" is Randy Newman's 1977 satirical song from Little Criminals, his first hit and only top-10 single at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, widely misread as anti-short bigotry despite mocking prejudice.

Short program (figure skating)

Short program (figure skating): first ISU competition segment, also rhythm dance in ice dance; seven required elements for singles, scored by technical elements score plus program components with GOE from +5 to -5.

Short prose

Short prose, or Kurzprosa, is a German literary term for brief prose, a length category rather than a genre, covering forms from the novella to parable-scale texts.

Short QT syndrome

Short QT syndrome is a rare inherited heart rhythm disorder in which the heart's electrical recovery is abnormally fast, predisposing to atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death.

Short rib syndromes

Short rib syndromes (short rib-polydactyly syndromes, SRPS; ICD-11 LD24.B) are rare autosomal recessive skeletal ciliopathies with extremely short ribs, narrow thorax, short limbs, and often polydactyly; four SRPS types, usually perinatal lethal, caused by IFT and dynein gene mutations.

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Majewski type

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Majewski type (SRPS type II, Majewski syndrome) is a lethal autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia first described in 1971, marked by short ovoid tibias, a narrow thorax, polydactyly, and cleft lip and palate.

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Saldino-Noonan type

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Saldino-Noonan type (SRPS type I, OMIM 613091) is a rare lethal autosomal recessive skeletal ciliopathy caused by DYNC2H1 mutations, marked by a narrow thorax, short ribs, micromelia, polydactyly, and organ anomalies.

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Verma-Naumoff type

Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, Verma-Naumoff type (SRPS type 3, ORPHA 93271): a lethal autosomal recessive ciliopathy with short ribs, narrow thorax, shortened limbs, polydactyly, and multi-organ anomalies; genes IFT80, DYNC2H1, WDR34, NEK1.

Short ribs

Short ribs: beef from the rib end of the rib and plate plus chuck (IMPS 123A/123B/130), sold English-cut or flanken; braised, smoked, or grilled as Korean galbi, asado de tira, and Texas plate ribs.

Short rotation coppice

Short rotation coppice (SRC) is the farming of densely planted willow or poplar, harvested on a 2 to 5 year cycle and regrown from the stool for biomass fuel.

Short row (knitting)

Short rows (partial knitting, Verkürzte Reihen) are knitting rows worked only partway before turning, used for sock heels, bust darts, and curved shaping; methods include wrap & turn, German double-stitch, Japanese, and shadow wrap.

Short Song Style

Short Song Style (Duan Ge Xing, 短歌行) is a Han-dynasty yuefu song form, best known through two four-character poems written by the Eastern Han poet and statesman Cao Cao.

Short squeeze

A short squeeze is a market event in which rising prices force short sellers to buy back shares, driving the price still higher, as in GameStop in 2021.

Short stature

Short stature: a child's height 2+ SD below the age-sex mean (below the 2.3rd percentile), also called idiopathic short stature when no cause is found; most cases are familial or constitutional delay, and growth hormone adds about 4-6 cm adult height.

Short stature due to GHSR deficiency

Short stature due to GHSR deficiency (ghrelin receptor deficiency, OMIM 615925) is a rare genetic endocrine growth disorder from GHSR gene mutations at 3q26.31, causing postnatal growth delay, height below -2 SD, low IGF-I, and normal stimulated GH response.

Short stature-brachydactyly-obesity-global developmental delay syndrome

Short stature-brachydactyly-obesity-global developmental delay syndrome, also called SBIDDS (OMIM 617157), is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive PRMT7-related neurodevelopmental disorder with short stature, brachydactyly, intellectual disability, seizures, delayed-onset obesity, and a recognizable facial gestalt.

Short stature-onychodysplasia-facial dysmorphism-hypotrichosis syndrome

SOFT syndrome (MIM#614813), short stature-onychodysplasia-facial dysmorphism-hypotrichosis syndrome, is a rare autosomal-recessive primordial dwarfism ciliopathy caused by biallelic POC1A variants, with prenatal-onset severe short stature, nail and hair anomalies, insulin resistance, and hepatic steatosis.

Short stature-optic atrophy-Pelger-Huët anomaly syndrome

SOPH syndrome (short stature-optic atrophy-Pelger-Huët anomaly syndrome), also called Kleinwuchs-Optikusatrophie-Pelger-Huët-Anomalie-Syndrom, is a rare autosomal recessive NBAS-related disorder with severe postnatal growth failure, optic atrophy, neutrophil nuclear anomaly, and normal intelligence.

Short stature-skeletal dysplasia-retinal degeneration-intellectual disability-sensorineural hearing loss syndrome

Liberfarb syndrome (LIBF) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by variants in the PISD gene, combining short stature, skeletal deformities, retinal degeneration, intellectual disability, and hearing loss.

Short stature-wormian bones-dextrocardia syndrome

Short stature-wormian bones-dextrocardia syndrome, or Stratton-Parker syndrome (OMIM 185120), is an extremely rare multiple congenital anomalies disorder with wormian bones, dextrocardia, growth-hormone-deficiency short stature, and facial dysmorphism; 3 cases known.

Short Stirling

The Short Stirling, also known as the Stirling bomber, was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War, the first to serve with the Royal Air Force.

Short story

A short story is a brief work of prose fiction, typically 1,000 to 7,500 words, built around a single conflict and readable in one sitting.

Short story cycle

A short story cycle, also called linked stories or a novel-in-stories, is a book of short stories that are independent yet interrelated, sitting between the collection and the novel.

Short Sunderland

The Short Sunderland, nicknamed the Flying Porcupine, was a British four-engine flying boat patrol bomber built by Short Brothers, serving RAF Coastal Command from 1938 until 1959.