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chondrodystrophy

noun

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

• Syn: ↑achondroplasia, ↑achondroplasty, ↑osteosclerosis congenita

• Derivationally related forms: ↑achondroplastic (for: ↑achondroplasia)

• Hypernyms:

↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑inherited disease, ↑inherited disorder, ↑hereditary disease, ↑hereditary condition

Useful english dictionary. 2012.