ALL meanings of achondroplasia
a·chon·dro·pla·sia
A a - noun achondroplasia a skeletal disorder, characterized by failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, that begins during fetal life and results in dwarfism 3
- noun achondroplasia a congenital disorder of bone formation that results in deformities and dwarfing of the skeleton 3
- noun achondroplasia (teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. 1
- noun achondroplasia defective conversion of cartilage into bone, especially at the epiphyses of long bones, producing a type of dwarfism. 1