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achondroplasia: Meaning and Definition of

a•chon•dro•pla•sia

Pronunciation: (ā-kon"dru-plā'zhu, -zhē-u, -zē-u), [key]
— n. Pathol.
  1. defective conversion of cartilage into bone, esp. at the epiphyses of long bones, producing a type of dwarfism.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
achondrite achoo
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