noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several rare mucopolysaccharidoses that affect the growth and development of both cartilage and bone which can lead to truncal dwarfism, a bell-shaped chest, and dysplasia of the joints. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From chondro- + osteodystrophy.

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