Aplasia: Failure to develop. If something develops and then wastes away, that is atrophy.
aplasia /apla·sia/ (ah-pla´zhah) lack of development of an organ or tissue.aplas´tic. aplasia axia´lis extracortica´lis conge´nita familial centrolobar sclerosis.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( É™-plÄ ' zhÉ™, -zhÄ“-É™ ) n. Defective development resulting in the absence of all or part of an organ or tissue.
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Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) describes a condition in which RBC precursors in are nearly absent, while megakaryocytes and WBC precursors are usually present ...
noun Pathology . defective development or congenital absence of a limb, organ, or other body part. Origin: 1880–85; a- 6 + -plasia Related forms a·plas·tic ...