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cartilage-hair hypoplasia

cartilage-hair hypoplasia noun: a rare genetic disorder whose symptoms include very thin light hair and short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia.

Noun

cartilage-hair hypoplasia (uncountable)

  1. A rare genetic disorder whose symptoms include very thin light hair and short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia.

Questions about cartilage-hair hypoplasia

What does cartilage-hair hypoplasia mean?
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia means a rare genetic disorder whose symptoms include very thin light hair and short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia.
What part of speech is cartilage-hair hypoplasia?
Cartilage-hair hypoplasia is a noun.

Words near cartilage-hair hypoplasia in the dictionary

  1. Carthusians
  2. carticaine
  3. cartier
  4. cartiest
  5. cartilage
  6. cartilage-hair hypoplasia
  7. cartilagein
  8. cartilageins
  9. cartilagelike
  10. cartilagenous
  11. cartilageous

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