Usually means: Genetic disorder causing dwarfism, characteristic.
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  1. achondroplasia: Merriam-Webster
  2. achondroplasia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. achondroplasia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. achondroplasia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  11. Achondroplasia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  16. achondroplasia: Merriam-Webster

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  1. achondroplasia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  11. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  12. Achondroplasia: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (achondroplasia)

▸ noun:  (teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.

Similar:
chondrodystrophy, pseudoachondroplasia, chondrodysplasia, achondrogenesis, hypochondroplasia, achondroplasiaphobia, chrondrodysplasia, hypochodroplasia, dyschondrosteosis, hypochondrodysplasia, more...

Opposite:
normal height, average height, non-dwarfism

Phrases:
inherited achondroplasia dwarfism, inherited congenital achondroplasia, more...

Adjectives:
homozygous, heterozygous, classic, classical, human, true, hereditary, severe, pediatric, dominant, recessive

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Similar:
chondrodystrophy, pseudoachondroplasia, chondrodysplasia, achondrogenesis, hypochondroplasia, achondroplasiaphobia, chrondrodysplasia, hypochodroplasia, dyschondrosteosis, hypochondrodysplasia, more...

Opposite:
normal height, average height, non-dwarfism

Phrases:
inherited achondroplasia dwarfism, inherited congenital achondroplasia, more...

Adjectives:
homozygous, heterozygous, classic, classical, human, true, hereditary, severe, pediatric, dominant, recessive



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