dysplasia
Noun
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is a type of: abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficienciessubtypes:
- 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
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