chondrodystrophy /chon·dro·dys·tro·phy/ (-dis´trah-fe) a disorder of cartilage formation.
chondrodystrophy
chondrodystrophy [kon″dro-dis´tro-fe]
chondrodystrophy
chon·dro·dys·tro·phy (k n dr -d s tr-f )n. A disturbance that affects the development of the cartilage of the long bones and that especially involves the region of the epiphysial plates, resulting in arrested growth of the long bones. Also called chondrodysplasia, chondrodystrophia. |
chondrodystrophy
[kon′drōdis′trəfē]
Etymology: Gk, chondros + dys, bad, trophe, nourishment
a group of disorders in which there is abnormal conversion of cartilage to bone, particularly in the epiphyses of the long bones. Patients are dwarfed, with normal trunks and shortened extremities. See also achondroplasia.
chondrodystrophy [kon″dro-dis´tro-fe]
a disorder of cartilage formation.
chondrodystrophy
any disorder of cartilage formation. See also chondrodysplasia.
chicken embryo chondrodystrophy
see chicken embryo chondrodystrophy.
chondrodystrophia, chondrodystrophy
a disorder of cartilage formation.
chondrodystrophia fetalis
see epiphyseal dysplasia.
chondrodystrophy
A disturbance in the development of cartilage, primarily of the long bones, resulting in arrested growth and dwarfism
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