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APLASIA
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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)
Context examples:
It is also called juxtaglomerular cell aplasia.
(Bartter Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)