ACHONDROPLASTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does achondroplasty mean? 

• ACHONDROPLASTY (noun)
  The noun ACHONDROPLASTY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACHONDROPLASTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACHONDROPLASTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

achondroplasia; achondroplasty; chondrodystrophy; osteosclerosis congenita

Hypernyms ("achondroplasty" 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)