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Noun: achondroplasty
  1. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is not converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
    - achondroplasia, osteosclerosis congenita, chondrodystrophy

Type of: genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder

Encyclopedia: Achondroplasty