Medical Definition of Thanatophoric dwarfism

1. A lethal dwarfism characterised by micromelia, bowed long bones, enlarged head, flattened vertebral bodies, and muscular hypotonia; lack of pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory difficulties with cyanosis leading to death within the first few hours or days after birth. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanatophoric Dwarfism

thanatobiologic
thanatognomonic
thanatography
thanatoid
thanatological
thanatologies
thanatologist
thanatologists
thanatology
thanatology
thanatomania
thanatophidia
thanatophobia
thanatophobia
thanatophoric
thanatophoric dwarfism (current term)
thanatophoric dysplasia
thanatopsy
thanatos
Thanatos
thanatoses
thane
Thane's method
thanedom
thanedoms
thanes
thaneship
thaneships
thank
thanked

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