— achondroplastic /ay kon'dreuh plas"tik/ , adj.
/ay kon'dreuh play"zheuh, -zhee euh, -zee euh/ , n. Pathol.
defective conversion of cartilage into bone, esp. at the epiphyses of long bones, producing a type of dwarfism.
[ 1890-95; A- 6 + CHONDRO- + -PLASIA ]