| achondroplasia | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasty, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| anaplasia | (noun) loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor | - |
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| aplasia | (noun) failure of some tissue or organ to develop | - |
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| cataplasia | (noun) (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
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| dalasi | (noun) the basic unit of money in Gambia | - |
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| dysplasia | (noun) abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth | - |
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| hyperplasia | (noun) abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
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| hypoplasia | (noun) underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells | - |
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| lasiocampid | (noun) medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae | Synonyms: lasiocampid moth |
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| neoplasia | (noun) the pathological process that results in the formation and growth of a tumor | - |
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| osteoclasis | (noun) treatment of a skeletal deformity by intentionally fracturing a bone | - |
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| pallasite | (noun) a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron | - |
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| pericementoclasia | (noun) pus pocket formation around a tooth | - |
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