Aplasia
(Science: embryology) a lack of development of an organ or tissue or of the cellular products from an organ or tissue.
Compare: hypoplasia.
Origin: gr. Plassein = to form
failure of some tissue or organ to develop.A result where an organ fails to develop completely or not at all.
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