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thanatophoric dwarfism (medicine)


thanatophoric dwarfism


A lethal dwarfism characterised by micromelia, bowed long bones, enlarged head, flattened vertebral bodies, and muscular hypotonia; lack of pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory difficulties with cyanosis leading to death within the first few hours or days after birth.