See Also: orangeade(dictionary)
orangeade(dictionary)
dwarfism(encyclopedia)
Dwarfism(health)
Dwarfism(medicine)
dwarfism, pituitary(medicine)
aortic dwarfism(medicine)
asexual dwarfism(medicine)
phocomelic dwarfism(medicine)
disproportionate dwarfism(medicine)

Dwarfism, thanatophoric (health) and orangeade (iou)


Dwarfism, thanatophoric (health)


A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth. Thanatophoric dysplasia is due to a lethal mutation (change) in the same gene that produces achondroplasia, a familiar and far more common form of short-limbed dwarfism that is compatible with life.





orangeade (iou)



orangeade noun. E18.
[from ORANGE noun + -ADE, after lemonade.]
A usu. fizzy soft drink flavoured with orange; a drink of this.