HYPOPLASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypoplasia mean? 

• HYPOPLASIA (noun)
  The noun HYPOPLASIA has 1 sense:

1. underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells

  Familiarity information: HYPOPLASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOPLASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypoplasia" is a kind of...):

dysplasia (abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth)

 Context examples 

A rare, lethal, autosomal recessive inherited syndrome characterized by pulmonary hypoplasia, central nervous system malformations, and hepatic malformations.

(Meckel-Gruber Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoplasia refers to inadequate development or underdevelopment of an organ.

(Hypoplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is characterized by the presence of diaphragmatic defects, distinctive facial features (hypertelorism, low-set ears, flat nasal bridge, and micrognathia), distal digital hypoplasia, lung hypoplasia, and brain, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular malformations.

(Fryns Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include odontoma, enamel hypoplasia, and periodontitis.

(Non-Neoplastic Dental Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the hypoplasia of the odontoid which appears as a stubby peg of an odontoid process.

(Odontoid Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Pulmonary hypoplasia is present in the vast majority of cases and is often the fatal component of this syndrome.

(Pena-Shokeir Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Pathologic characteristics include conotruncal abnormalities and absence or hypoplasia of thymus and parathyroid glands.

(DiGeorge Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by atrophy and hypoplasia of skin, eye defects, face defects, skeletal abnormalities, and limb malformations.

(Focal Dermal Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Hypoplasia of the cerebellum that is associated with inherited metabolic disorders and neurodegenerative disorders.

(Congenital Cerebellar Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes adrenal gland hyperplasia and adrenal gland hypoplasia.

(Congenital Adrenal Gland Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)