Associations to the word «Hypoplasia»

Wiktionary

HYPOPLASIA, noun. Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells

Dictionary definition

HYPOPLASIA, noun. Underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope