Aplasia (general)

Dr Daniel J Bell ◉ et al.

Aplasia (plural: aplasias) refers to the absence of development of an organ or structure in the body, despite the presence of the anlage. Contrast this with agenesis which is the complete absence of an organ including even its primordial originator.

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Terms used in radiology

general
radiology-specific
- artifact
- Aunt Minnie
- corner of film
- en face
- filling defect
- gamut
- geographic
- incidentaloma
- protean
- review area
- serpiginous
pathology
- agenesis
- anlage
- aplasia
- apoptosis
- atresia
- atrophy
- cyst
  - pseudocyst
- dehiscence
  - wound dehiscence
- diathesis
- diverticulum
- dyscrasia
- exophytic
- fistula
- fluid collection
- granulation tissue
- hernia
- hyperplasia
- hypertrophy
- hypoplasia
- hypotrophy
- lamellated
- laminated
- necrosis
  - caseous necrosis
  - coagulative necrosis
  - fat necrosis
  - liquefactive necrosis
- phlegmon
- septum
- synechia
- trabecula
CNS
chest
epidemiology
gastrointestinal
genetics
musculoskeletal
- amputation
- bursa
- bone anatomy
- coalition
- disarticulation
- enlocated
- involucrum
- monomelic
- monostotic
- fracture
  - closed fracture
  - open fracture
- polyostotic
- sprain
- strain
oncology

Article information

rID: 75487

Synonyms or Alternate Spellings:

Aplastic
Aplasias

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