| NOUN | state | dysplasia | abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth |
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| Sounds | dihspley'zhah | |
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| Rhymes | ambrosia ... Tunisia: 22 rhymes with zhah... | |
| Meaning | Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth. | |
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| Narrower | anaplasia | Loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor |
| 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 | |
| hyperplasia | Abnormal increase / increase / increase in number of cells | |
| hypertrophy | Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ | |
| hypoplasia | underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | |
| Broader | abnormality, abnormalcy | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies |
| Spanish | displasia | |
| Catalan | displàsia | |
| Adjectives | dysplastic | relating to or evidencing dysplasia |
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