achondroplasia
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Etymology edit
a- (“not”) + chondro- (“cartilage”) + -plasia (“growth”)
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Noun edit
achondroplasia (countable and uncountable, plural achondroplasias)
- (teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
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the genetic disorder
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