aplasia
- noun
- /əˈpleɪziə/
- Specialized
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aplasia
- Aplasia is a serious condition that can lead to the failure of crucial organs to develop properly.
Examples
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Even regimens that give higher doses of 6-mercaptopurine and methotrexate are unlikely to kill leukemia stem cells without causing bone marrow aplasia.
Academic text (1992) -
In cases of minor aplasia, malformation, or fibrosis rendering the anatomy more complex, the fiberoptic probe is an indispensable aid.
Academic text (1996) -
Minor Aplasia (Figures 7 and 8)
Academic text (1996) -
Google EPO, immunogenicity, and pure red cell aplasia.
Blog text (28) -
I know that sinus aplasia is tied to diseases like cystic fibrosis and epigenetic modifications, but in neurosurgery, we consider the presence or absence of sinuses a normal variant in the population.
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There are several types of aplasia, but all indicate a failure in normal tissue formation.
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Doctors are concerned about aplasia when they see organ development issues in patients.
Synonyms
A condition when a person does not have a body part from birth because it did not develop
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
aplasia = plasia (opaque) = a + plasia
The prefix 'a-' meaning 'without' is visible, but the combining form 'plasia' is a specialized medical morpheme not known to general learners, so the sense 'failure of development' is not derivable for most B1 learners.
Etymology
Aplasia comes from the parts a- meaning 'not' and -plasia meaning 'formation' or 'growth', and it shares the same root as plastic, a word about shaping. So aplasia literally means 'not formed' and describes an organ or tissue that did not develop normally.