ACHONDROPLASIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism

Synonyms:

achondroplasia; achondroplasty; chondrodystrophy; osteosclerosis congenita

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("achondroplasia" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

Derivation:

achondroplastic (of or relating to achondroplasia)

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