Medical Definition of Cartilage-hair hypoplasia

1. An autosomal recessive form of dwarfism characterised by shortness of the extremities without skull defects, and with sparse, brittle hair of light colour. There is a peculiar, not adequately explained severity in the clinical course of varicella and herpes in such patients. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia

carte blanche
carte du jour
Carthage
Carthaginian
carthamus
Carthamus
Carthamus tinctorius
carthorse
carthorses
Carthusian
Carthusian order
carticaine
Cartier
cartilage
cartilage
cartilage-hair hypoplasia (current term)
cartilages
cartilages of larynx
cartilages of nose
cartilage bone
cartilage bone
cartilage capsule
cartilage cell
cartilage knife
cartilage lacuna
cartilage matrix
cartilage of acoustic meatus
cartilage of auditory tube
cartilage of ear
cartilage of nasal septum

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