achondroplasicadj.n.

1893 Trans. Edinb. Obstetr. Soc. 18 200 A case or two were on record in which an achondroplasic mother had given birth to a fœtus suffering from the same disease, or rather teratological state.

1902 Lancet 5 Apr. 982/1 Achondroplasic workers in metal are represented on the Egyptian monuments, a circumstance which is interesting in connexion with the lameness and deformity of Hephaistos or Vulcan in classical mythology.

1946 Nature 16 Nov. 722/2 When a gene is sublethal, as are those for hæmophilia and achondroplasic dwarfism, its elimination by natural selection is in approximate equilibrium with its appearance by mutation.

1959 Listener 10 Sept. 397/3 Achondroplasic breeds [of dog] are also more apt to develop so-called ‘slipped discs’.

1970 R. Davies Fifth Business iii. ix. 164 There was an achondroplasic dwarf who danced on broken bottles.

1997 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 352 1099/1 Tom Shakespeare, who has achondroplasic dwarfism.

1910 Lancet 15 Jan. 187/1 Several of the company are obvious achondroplasics, notably a mother and daughter of Swiss extraction.

2006 T. Baldwin in J. R. Spencer & A. du Bois-Pedain Freedom & Responsibility in Reprod. Choice i. ii. 22 There is no question but that many achondroplasics lead fulfilling lives which, so far from being obstructed by their condition, are unimaginable without it.