Noun
- 1. achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita, chondrodystrophy, genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition
- usage: an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
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