developmental arrest

arrest /ar·rest/ (ah-rest´) cessation or stoppage, as of a function or a disease process.

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cardiac arrest  sudden cessation of the pumping function of the heart with disappearance of arterial blood pressure, connoting either ventricular fibrillation or ventricular standstill.

developmental arrest  a temporary or permanent cessation of development.

epiphyseal arrest  premature interruption of longitudinal growth of bone by fusion of the epiphysis and diaphysis.

maturation arrest  interruption of the process of development, as of blood cells, before the final stage is reached.

sinus arrest  a pause in the normal cardiac rhythm due to a momentary failure of the sinus node to initiate an impulse, lasting for an interval that is not an exact multiple of the normal cardiac cycle.

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developmental arrest.

See arrested development.