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ACH
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AcHAlcohol
ACHAutomated Clearing House
ACHAcetylcholine
ACHArkansas Children's Hospital (Little Rock, AR)
ACHAir Changes per Hour (ventilation)
ACHAssociation for Computers and the Humanities
ACHAll Children's Hospital (St. Petersburg, FL)
ACHAchondroplasia
ACHAdvanced Combat Helmet
ACHAccess Channel
ACHAdult Care Home
ACHArmy Community Hospital
ACHAircraft Hangar (USAF bare base deployable aircraft shelter)
ACHAmerican College of Heraldry
ACHAngeles Crest Highway (California SR2)
ACHAutomated Charge
ACHAdrenal Cortical Hormone
ACHAgent Charge (freight forwarding)
ACHAmerican Clearinghouse
ACHAttempts per Circuit per Hour
ACHAverage Call Handle (time; call center metric)
ACHAbove Counter Height (construction blueprints)
ACHAssault Craft Helmet (Gentex)
ACHAntenna Selection Reference Signal Channel
ACHAdler-Coppersmith-Hasner (algorithm)
ACHACCS Common Hardware
ACHAlpha-Cellulose Hydrolysis


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My son has a condition called achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism that affects the long bones of the body (arms and legs).
All for one, one for all by Stromdahl, David / Thrasher
In an inherited condition called achondroplasia, defective bone formation results in abnormally short and thickened pedicles that reduce the diameter of (distance across) the spinal canal.
Questions and Answers About Spinal Stenosis by Pamphlet by: Nat'l Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
Achondroplasia, the form of dwarfism that affects the Bankowskis and most other little people, is characterized by shortened limbs and small bodies and a distinctive skull shape with a prominent forehead and small jaw, said Ravi Savarirayan, a geneticist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
SMALL WONDERS; MOORPARK FAMILY PROVES SIZE DOESN'T MATTER WHEN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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