noun
achondroplasia
Medical term for a genetic disorder causing dwarfism due to impaired cartilage formation.
軟骨形成不全症は、四肢短縮型の低身長を特徴とする遺伝性疾患です。
Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism.
Compound of 軟骨 (nankotsu, 'cartilage'), 形成 (keisei, 'formation'), 不全 (fuzen, 'insufficiency'), and 症 (shō, 'disease').