An abnormal development or degeneration of cartilage, causing skeletal deformities and stunted growth, another term for chondrodystrophy.
From Greek 'chondros' (cartilage) + 'dys-' (bad/abnormal) + 'trophia' (nourishment), literally meaning 'bad cartilage nourishment,' used in medical terminology since the 1800s.
Achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism in humans, is a type of chondrodystrophia where the cartilage doesn't grow properly—mutations in a single gene stop the body from using growth signals correctly.
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