achondroplasia

American  

[ey-kon-druh-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / eɪˌkɒn drəˈpleɪ ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. defective conversion of cartilage into bone, especially at the epiphyses of long bones, producing a type of dwarfism.

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achondroplasia British  

/ eɪˌkɒndrəʊˈpleɪzɪə, eɪˌkɒndrəʊˈplæstɪk /

noun

1. a skeletal disorder, characterized by failure of normal conversion of cartilage into bone, that begins during fetal life and results in dwarfism

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Other Word Forms

• achondroplastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of achondroplasia

First recorded in 1890–95; a- ⁶ + chondro- + -plasia

Example Sentences

Dinklage, who has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, criticised the film in 2022 during an interview with podcaster Marc Maron.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Currently, the only approved therapy for children with achondroplasia in Australia is vosoritide, a daily injection, which was added to the PBS last year.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

Children with achondroplasia are 50 times more likely to die before the age of five than their peers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024

A brass band, clowns, children, wives, babies, the company’s leader and seven performers with achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder that causes the more common type of dwarfism, spilled out into the sun.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2023

Analogous to rachitis is achondroplasia, or the so called fetal rickets—a disease in which deformity results from an arrest, absence, or perversion of the normal process of enchondral ossification.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)