achondroplasia

Noun

Meaning

an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism

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Because of the extremely deformed bone structure, people with achondroplasia are often " double jointed ". Source: Internet

If both parents of a child have achondroplasia, and both parents pass on the mutant gene, then it is very unlikely that the homozygous child will live past a few months of its life. Source: Internet

Yarraka Bayles, Quaden’s mother, shared the footage of her despondent son, who has a form of dwarfism, called achondroplasia, on February 19. She wanted to demonstrate how damaging bullying is and get advice. Source: Internet

For example, achondroplasia is typically considered a dominant disorder, but children with two genes for achondroplasia have a severe skeletal disorder of which achondroplasics could be viewed as carriers. Source: Internet

Radiologic findings A skeletal survey is useful to confirm the diagnosis of achondroplasia. Source: Internet

“This wasn’t intended as an attempt to deal with some of the co-occurring problems that people have with achondroplasia. Source: Internet

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