Incomplete or arrested development of an organ or a part.
hypoplastic hy'po·plas'tic (-plăs'tĭk) adj.
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Dental Dictionary:
hypoplasia
(hī'pō-plā'zhə)
n
The defective or incomplete development of any tissue or structure.
Hypoplasia. (Regezi/Sciubba/Pogrel, 2000)
Veterinary Dictionary:
hypoplastic
Characterized by hypoplasia, e.g. hypoplastic anemia.
- h. left heart syndrome — a congenital anomaly seen in cats in which there is mitral atresia and incomplete development of the left ventricle and aortic valve.
Wikipedia:
hypoplasia
Hypoplasia is an incomplete or arrested development of an organ or a part [1]. It is descriptive of many medical conditions such as:
- Underdeveloped breasts during puberty.
- Underdeveloped testes in Klinefelter's syndrome.
- Underdeveloped thymus in DiGeorge syndrome.
- Underdeveloped labia majora in popliteal pterygium syndrome.
- Underdeveloped cerebellum caused by mutation in the Reelin gene.
- Underdeveloped tooth caused by oral pathology, such as Turner's hypoplasia.
- Underdeveloped chambers of the heart in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and hypoplastic right heart syndrome
- Underdeveloped optic nerve in optic nerve hypoplasia
- Underdeveloped sacrum in sacral agenesis
- Underdeveloped facial muscle in asymmetric crying facies
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hypoplasia". Read more |
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