APLASIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Failure of some tissue or organ to develop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aplasia" is a kind of...):

dysplasia (abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth)

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 Context examples: 

It is also called juxtaglomerular cell aplasia.

(Bartter Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)