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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
achondroplasia /əˌkɒndrə(ʊ)ˈpleɪzɪə, eɪ-/

▶noun Medicine a hereditary condition in which the growth of long bones is retarded, resulting in short limbs.

– derivatives
achondroplasic adjective,
achondroplastic adjective.

– origin C19: from a-1 + Gk khondros ‘cartilage’ + plasis ‘moulding’ + -ia1.

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