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achondroplasty

DEFINITIONS OF: achondroplasty

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

Synonyms:
achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita
Type 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
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