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chondrodysplasia |
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chondrodysplasia /chon·dro·dys·pla·sia/ (-dis-pla´zhah) dyschondroplasia. chondrodysplasia puncta´ta a heterogeneous group of hereditary bone dysplasias, the common characteristic of which is stippling of the epiphyses in infancy.
chondrodysplasia abnormal growth of cartilage; may be used to include achondroplasia. Causes disproportionate dwarfism and occurs as an inherited trait in cattle (Dexter, Telemark lethal and 'snorter'), sheep (Ançon and Cheviot) and dogs (Alaskan malamute, miniature poodles and Norwegian elkhound). See also achondroplasia, enchondromatosis. deforming hereditary chondrodysplasia inherited chondrodysplastic defects characterized by skeletal deformity, e.g. chondrodysplastic dwarfism. |
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