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achondroplasia
[ ey-kon-druh-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
noun
- defective conversion of cartilage into bone, especially at the epiphyses of long bones, producing a type of dwarfism.
achondroplasia
/ e瑟藢k蓲ndr蓹蕣藞ple瑟z瑟蓹; e瑟藢k蓲ndr蓹蕣藞pl忙st瑟k /
noun
- a skeletal disorder, characterized by failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, that begins during fetal life and results in dwarfism
Derived Forms
- achondroplastic, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补路肠丑辞苍路诲谤辞路辫濒补蝉路迟颈肠 [ey-kon-dr, uh, -, plas, -tik], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of achondroplasia1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of achondroplasia1
Example Sentences
Prof Wilcox said Ms Davis had achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder which results in dwarfism, that was "complicated by spinal cord compression".
Children with achondroplasia are 50 times more likely to die before the age of five than their peers.
A brass band, clowns, children, wives, babies, the company鈥檚 leader and seven performers with achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder that causes the more common type of dwarfism, spilled out into the sun.
She said her birth mother had been told about the achondroplasia diagnosis soon after leaving hospital.
Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, said the remake of the 1937 animated film, based on story from the Brothers Grimm, was "backward".
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