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Hypoplastic
Incomplete or underdevelopment of a tissue or organ. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is the most serious type of congenital heart disease.

hypoplastic.

hypoplastic,
adj refers to an abnormality in dental enamel characterized by pits, fissures, and discoloration. Hypoplastic enamel may be genetically inherited or caused by conditions such as vitamin deficiency, disease, or trauma.

hypoplastic
characterized by hypoplasia, e.g. hypoplastic anemia.

hypoplastic left heart syndrome
a congenital anomaly seen in cats in which there is mitral atresia and incomplete development of the left ventricle and aortic valve.


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The left nasal passage was narrow, and the left middle turbinate was hypoplastic (figure, B).
False-negative extension/rotation pre-manipulative screening test on a patient with an atretic and hypoplastic vertebral artery.
4%) had at least one hypoplastic tooth compared with two subjects from the non-ABR zone (5.
 
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