achondroplasty

Noun

1.

achondroplasty - an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita

achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, osteosclerosis congenita