achondroplastic

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/eɪkɑndɹəˈplæstɪk/

adjective

Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

adjectiveachondroplastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineOf, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.

    They didn’t find out I had achondroplastic dwarfism until a few months later. “Achondroplasia” is a word that haunted me in my childhood. I never wanted to hear it. It wasn’t who I was. I was not different.

    2014 September 12, Cara Reedy, “My life as a little person”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2016

Origin

Translations

Finnish akondroplastinen
  • akondroplastinenrelating to or suffering from achondroplasia
French achondroplasique
  • achondroplasiquerelating to or suffering from achondroplasia
Polish achondroplastyczny
  • achondroplastycznyrelating to or suffering from achondroplasia
Portuguese acondroplástico
  • acondroplásticorelating to or suffering from achondroplasia

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Cite this entry
APA

achondroplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achondroplastic

MLA

“achondroplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achondroplastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “achondroplastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achondroplastic.

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