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Hypoplasia

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hypoplasia /hy·po·pla·sia/ (-pla´zhah) incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ or tissue.hypoplas´tic
enamel hypoplasia  incomplete or defective development of the enamel of the teeth; it may be hereditary or acquired.
oligomeganephronic renal hypoplasia  oligomeganephronia.

hy·po·pla·sia (hp-plzh)
n.
1. Incomplete or arrested development of an organ or part.
2. Atrophy due to destruction of some of the elements of a tissue or organ.

hypo·plastic (-plstk) adj.

Hypoplasia
A deficiency or underdevelopment of a tissue or body structure.

hypoplasia (hī´pōplā´zh),
n the defective or incomplete development of a tissue or structure.
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Hypoplasia.
hypoplasia, enamel, chronologic,
n a prenatal or postnatal systemic type affecting amelogenesis occurring at the time of the systemic disorder.
hypoplasia, enamel, hereditary (hereditary brown tooth),
n a hereditary anomaly of the enamel affecting the primary and permanent dentition in which a thin layer of hard enamel covering the yellow dentin gives the tooth a brown appearance.
hypoplasia, mandibular,
n an abnormally small mandibular development (e.g., in micrognathia or brachygnathia).

hypoplasia, hypoplasty
incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ or tissue, e.g. cerebellar hypoplasia, bone marrow hypoplasia, gonadal hypoplasia, small intestinal mucosal hypoplasia.


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