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hypoplasty

hypoplasty is the alternative form of hypoplasia.

Meaning of hypoplasia

Noun

hypoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoplasias)

  1. Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells.
    • Since the renal system and the lung develop at the same time, there has been repeated speculation that pulmonary hypoplasia and renal anomalies may be linked by a common developmental defect.1995, William M. Thurlbeck, 2. Lung Growth and Development, William M. Thurlbeck, Andrew Churg (editors), 2nd edition, Thieme Medical Publishers, Pathology of the Lung, page 56

Forms of hypoplasty

pluralhypoplasties

Questions about hypoplasty

What is hypoplasty the alternative form of?
Hypoplasty is the alternative form of hypoplasia.

Words near hypoplasty in the dictionary

  1. hypoplasties
  2. hypoplastra
  3. hypoplastral
  4. hypoplastron
  5. hypoplastrons
  6. hypoplasty
  7. hypopleura
  8. hypopleural
  9. hypopleurite
  10. hypopleurites
  11. hypopleuron

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