achondroplasia

2 definitions found

achondroplasia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  achondroplasia \achondroplasia\ n. (Med.)
     A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is
     converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
     [WordNet 1.5]

achondroplasia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  achondroplasia
      n 1: an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth;
           cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism [syn:
           achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita
           , chondrodystrophy]