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Definition of Achondroplasty
1. Noun. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
Exact synonyms: Achondroplasia, Chondrodystrophy, Osteosclerosis Congenita
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder
Derivative terms: Achondroplastic
Generic synonyms: Congenital Disease, Genetic Abnormality, Genetic Defect, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Hereditary Condition, Hereditary Disease, Inherited Disease, Inherited Disorder
Derivative terms: Achondroplastic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Achondroplasty
Literary usage of Achondroplasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Death by Default: a policy of fatal neglict in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro, Jeff Rigsby, Human Rights Watch/Asia (1996)
"Serious achondroplasty, osteogenesis imperfecta, Marfan's syndrome, pigmentary
degeneration of the retina, progressive muscular degeneration ..."
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