achondroplastic

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   of or relating to achondroplasia

Questions about achondroplastic

What does achondroplastic mean?

achondroplastic means "of or relating to achondroplasia".

How many syllables are in achondroplastic?

achondroplastic has 5 syllables and divides as a-chon-dro-pla-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is achondroplastic a common word?

achondroplastic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.