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chondro-osteodystrophy

chondro-osteodystrophy noun: 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.

Noun

chondro-osteodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural chondro-osteodystrophies)

  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.

Forms of chondro-osteodystrophy

pluralchondro-osteodystrophies

Origin of chondro-osteodystrophy

From chondro- + osteodystrophy.

Questions about chondro-osteodystrophy

What does chondro-osteodystrophy mean?
Chondro-osteodystrophy means 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.
What part of speech is chondro-osteodystrophy?
Chondro-osteodystrophy is a noun.
What is the plural of chondro-osteodystrophy?
The plural of chondro-osteodystrophy is chondro-osteodystrophies.

Words near chondro-osteodystrophy in the dictionary

  1. chondrites
  2. chondritic
  3. chondritis
  4. chondro-
  5. chondro-osteodystrophies
  6. chondro-osteodystrophy
  7. chondroadherin
  8. chondroalbuminoid
  9. chondroblast
  10. chondroblastic
  11. chondroblastoma

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