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Achondroplasty

Definition: Achondroplasty

Achondroplasty

Noun

1. An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Achondroplasty

Synonyms: achondroplasia (n), chondrodystrophy (n), osteosclerosis congenita (n). (additional references)

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Anagrams: Achondroplasty

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-h-l-n-o-o-p-r-s-t-y"

-4 letters: dropcloths, polyanthas, schoolyard, syncopator.

-5 letters: acrodonts, calthrops, calyptras, cartloads, chaldrons, chlordans, coalyards, coastland, colorants, copatrons, copyholds, corposant, crapshoot, croplands, dropcloth, handcarts, handclasp, oolachans, placatory, polyantha, sycophant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Achondroplasty


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 63 68 6F 6E 64 72 6F 70 6C 61 73 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100011 01101000 01101111 01101110 01100100 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0063 0068 006F 006E 0064 0072 006F 0070 006C 0061 0073 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3569748180708481827867858691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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