dysplasia

dys·pla·sia  (ds-plzh, -zh-)

n.

Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells.

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dys·plastic (-plstk) adj.

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dysplasia  (ds-plzh)

Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells.

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dysplastic adjective

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dysplasia - abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth aplasia - failure of some tissue or organ to develop fibrous dysplasia of bone - a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions hypertrophy - abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ hyperplasia - abnormal increase in number of cells hypoplasia - underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells anaplasia - loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies