Talk:Cartilage–hair hypoplasia

Latest comment: 12 years ago by DragonflySixtyseven in topic Etymology?

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The result of the move request was: (non-admin closure). Not a proper object of discussion at this stage, since it falls under the ArbCom injunction mentioned by a commenter. It can be revisited later. NoeticaTea? 22:47, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply


Cartilage–hair hypoplasiaCartilage-hair hypoplasiaUsage in the scientific literature is exclusively the hyphen "‐". The incessant changing to en dashes on Wikipedia has gone too far in this case: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". Speciate (talk) 05:11, 19 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Etymology? edit

So, where does the name come from? Is it a hypoplasia that affects the cartilage and also the hair, or is it that the cartilage resembles hair in some unspecified fashion, or...? DS (talk) 12:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)Reply