congenital absence or abnormal development of an organ or part
Word origin
C19: New Latin, from a-1 + -plasia, from Greek plassein to form
aplasia in American English
(əˈpleiʒə)
noun
Pathology
defective development or congenital absence of a limb, organ, or other body part
Derived forms
aplastic (eiˈplæstɪk)
adjective
Word origin
[1880–85; a-6 + -plasia]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, highball, impressionism, jackpot-plasia is a combining form with the meaning “growth, cellular multiplication,” of the kindspecified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -plasia include: cataplasia, dysplasia, heteroplasia, hypoplasia, neoplasia
Examples of 'aplasia' in a sentence
aplasia
Congenital cutaneous aplasia was present in 50% of the patients.
Sudip Kumar Ghosh, Abhijit Dutta, Sharmila Sarkar, Shanka Subhra Nag, Surajit KumarBiswas, Prabhakar Mandal 2017, 'Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz Syndrome): A cross-sectionalstudy from Eastern India',Indian Journal of Dermatologyhttp://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2017;volume=62;issue=5;spage=498;epage=504;aulast=Ghosh. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
None of these patients had concomitant myasthenia gravis and pure red cell aplasia.
Shimizu Tetsuya, Maeda Masayuki, Edagawa Masao, Matsuzaki Yasunori, Tomita Masaki,Hara Masaki, Onitsuka Toshio 2002, 'Clinical and immunohistochemical study of eight cases with thymic carcinoma', BMC Surgeryhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2482/2/3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Congenital amputations should be distinguished from congenital hypoplasia and/or aplasia.
R Uma, A Garg, S K Patnaik 2012, 'Amniotic Band Sequence - A Debilitating Syndrome', Journal of Nepal Medical Associationhttps://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/375. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patients with lung aplasia have an increased risk of infections.
Nurettin Yiyit 2016, 'Pulmonary Aplasia in an Adult : A Case Report', Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicinehttp://www.jcam.com.tr/files/JCAM-1459.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report a case of a 25-year-old male diagnosed as acquired pure megakaryocytic aplasia.
Halima El Omri, Firyal Ibrahim, Ruba Yasin Taha, Riham Hassan Negm, Aisha Al Khinji,Mohammed Yassin, Ibrahim Al Hijji, Hanadi El Ayoubi, Hussein Baden 2010, 'Acquired pure megakaryocytic aplasia successfully treated with cyclosporine', Turkish Journal of Hematologyhttp://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjh&plng=eng&un=TJH-58661. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient presented with left tibial aplasia and homolateral prexial foot polydactyly.
Zoran Gucev, Marco Castori, Velibor Tasic, Nada Popjordanova, Arijeta Hasani 2010, 'A Patient with Unilateral Tibial Aplasia and Accessory Scrotum: A Pure Coincidenceor Nonfortuitous Association?', Case Reports in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/898636. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In one case, both agenesis and aplasia of the frontal sinus was seen (0.24%).
Binali Çakur, Muhammed A. Sumbullu, Nurhan Bayındır Durna 2011, 'Aplasia and Agenesis of the Frontal Sinus in Turkish Individuals: A RetrospectiveStudy Using Dental Volumetric Tomography', International Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.medsci.org/v08p0278.htm. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Management of the pulmonary artery aplasia patient in pregnancy requires prospective evaluation of pulmonary hypertension.
Chitra Lal, Jim Barker, Charlie Strange 2011, 'Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Aplasia in a Pregnant Patient', Case Reports in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/806723. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, we present the second case of total paranasal sinus aplasia.
Hakan Korkmaz M.D., Mukadder Korkmaz M.D. 2013, 'Total Aplasia of the Paranasal Sinuses', Allergy & Rhinologyhttps://doi.org/10.2500/ar.2013.4.0056. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pathological changes were seen in 102 (20.20%) neonates of whom one had aplasia cutis congenita.
Shiti Bose, Emy Abi Thomas, Anuradha Bhatia, Inderpreet Sohi 2018, 'A study of dermatoses in the early neonatal period from a tertiary care hospital inNorth West Punjab', Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatologyhttp://www.ijpd.in/article.asp?issn=2319-7250;year=2018;volume=19;issue=2;spage=124;epage=129;aulast=Bose. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)