chondrodystrophy Path.
(kɒndrəʊˈdɪstrəfɪ)
[ad. G. chondrodystrophie (E. Kaufmann Untersuch. sogenannte foetale Rachitis 1892), f. mod.L. chondrodystrophia (also used), f. chondro- + dystrophy.]
Any of a number of congenital disorders of the skeleton that involve cartilage, esp. chondrodystrophia fœtalis, = achondroplasia. Hence ˌchondroˈdystrophic a.
| 1893 Trans. Edin. Obstetr. Soc. XVIII. 195 (heading) Note on three living cases of achondroplasia (chondrodystrophia fœtalis, or so-called fœtal rickets). Ibid. 200 The course of the chondrodystrophia. 1903 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 344 (heading) Chondro-dystrophic dwarf. 1903 Med. Record 27 June 1038/1 (heading) A case of Chondro⁓dystrophy Foetalis in a child fourteen months old. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 739/2 Disproportionate dwarfism known as achondroplasia or chondrodystrophia in which the limbs and especially the legs are short, thick and bent, with head and trunk disproportionately large. |