aplasia (redirected from aplasia cutis congenita)

a·pla·sia  (-plzh, -zh-)

n.

Defective development resulting in the absence of all or part of an organ or tissue.

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aplasia [əˈpleɪzɪə]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol congenital absence or abnormal development of an organ or part

[New Latin, from a-¹ + -plasia, from Greek plassein to form]

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Noun

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aplasia - failure of some tissue or organ to develop dysplasia - abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth