(ă-kŏn″drō-plā′sē-ă)
[Pronunciation]
[″ + ″ + plasis, a molding]

The most common form of short-limbed dwarfism, caused by a point mutation in a fibroblast growth receptor and characterized by impairment in the formation of cartilage at the epiphyses of long bones.

SYN: chondrodystrophy