achondroplasty


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Related to achondroplasty: Achondrodysplasia
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Noun1.achondroplasty - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birthachondroplasty - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita
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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Achondroplasie
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