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achondroplastic

/eɪkɑndɹəˈplæstɪk/

achondroplastic adjective: of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.

Adjective

achondroplastic (not comparable)

  1. Of, 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 of achondroplastic

From achondroplasia + -tic.

Words that rhyme with achondroplastic

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Questions about achondroplastic

What does achondroplastic mean?
Achondroplastic means of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
What part of speech is achondroplastic?
Achondroplastic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce achondroplastic?
Achondroplastic is pronounced /eɪkɑndɹəˈplæstɪk/.

Words near achondroplastic in the dictionary

  1. achondroplasia
  2. achondroplasiaphobia
  3. achondroplasias
  4. achondroplasic
  5. achondroplasics
  6. achondroplastic
  7. achoo
  8. achooed
  9. achooing
  10. achoos
  11. achoque

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