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OSTEOSCLEROSIS CONGENITA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteosclerosis congenita mean?
• OSTEOSCLEROSIS CONGENITA (noun)
The noun OSTEOSCLEROSIS CONGENITA has 1 sense:
1. an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Familiarity information: OSTEOSCLEROSIS CONGENITA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSTEOSCLEROSIS CONGENITA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
achondroplasia; achondroplasty; chondrodystrophy; osteosclerosis congenita
Hypernyms ("osteosclerosis congenita" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
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