achondroplasty meaning

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achondroplasty (noun): an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.

Definition of achondroplasty

  1. an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism

    Synonyms: achondroplasia, osteosclerosis congenita, chondrodystrophy

    Type of: genetic disease

Word lists: words starting with AC · words ending in TY · 14-letter words

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