achondroplasia noun. [ǝkɒndrǝ'pleɪzjǝ, eɪ,kɒn-] L19.
[from Greek akhondros, from a- A-¹⁰ + khondros cartilage: see -PLASIA.]
Medicine. A hereditary disease in which bone growth by production and ossification of cartilage at the epiphyses of the long bones is retarded, and which results in a form of dwarfism, with short limbs, a normal trunk, and a small face.

■ achondroplasiac,

■ achondroplasic,

■ achondroplastic adjectives & nouns (a) adjective affected with or pertaining to achondroplasia ; (b) noun a person with achondroplasia: E20.

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