Chondrodystrophy
![Chondrodystrophy has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.](/Images/godic/202502/02/Autorecessive.svg2228.png")
Chondrodystrophy (literally, "cartilage maldevelopment") refers to a skeletal disorder caused by one of myriad genetic mutations that can affect the development of cartilage. As a very general term it is only used in the medical literature when a more precise description of the condition is unavailable.