Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chondro-osteodystrophy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chon-dro-os-teodys-tro-phy
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several rare mucopolysaccharidoses that affect the growth and development of both cartilage and bone which can lead to truncal dwarfism, a bell-shaped chest, and dysplasia of the joints.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From chondro- + osteodystrophy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chondro-osteodystrophies (plural)

Questions

What does chondro-osteodystrophy mean?: Any of several rare mucopolysaccharidoses that affect the growth and development of both cartilage and bone which can lead to truncal dwarfism, a bell-shaped chest, and dysplasia of the joints.
Where does chondro-osteodystrophy come from?: From chondro- + osteodystrophy.

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