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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | displasia |
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Catalan | displàsia |
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Adjectives | dysplastic | relating to or evidencing dysplasia |
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