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    ACHONDROPLASIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    achondroplasia; achondroplasty; chondrodystrophy; osteosclerosis congenita

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("achondroplasia" 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)

    Derivation:

    achondroplastic (of or relating to achondroplasia)

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