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HYPOPLASIA [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Human Diseases - Various
DEF

Incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ or tissue; it is less severe than aplasia.

OBS

In the musculoskeletal system, it may be failure of a bone to grow to a normal size.

Key term(s)
  • hypoplasty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
DEF

Développement incomplet d'un tissu ou d'un organe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
DEF

Reducción anormal del número de células de los tejidos que conduce a la atrofia de un órgano.

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