Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun achondroplasia

1 sense of achondroplasia

Sense 1
achondroplasia, achondroplasty, osteosclerosis congenita, chondrodystrophy -- (an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism)
       => genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, congenital disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, hereditary disease, hereditary condition -- (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)