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Etymology and Medical Etymology expanded by Mythology and more |
 | | More accurate are the terms "chodrodysplasia" or "chondrodystrophy" which imply abnormal cartilage tissue formation and sustenance but these terms apply to many other disorders in addition to achondroplasia. |
| | In summary, the "erroneous" term "achondroplasia" is for the time being the most precise choice given that the etymology or "the idea" in the term is disregarded. |
| | Peking-ese and French bulldog are examples of generalized chondrodystrophy, whereas in Niata cattle and Yorkshire swine the anomaly is limited to the head... |
| www.consultsos.com /pandora/achondro.htm?PHPSESSID=adb52fedb45878c1187... (1090 words) |
