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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. failure of some tissue or organ to develop;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aplasia \A*pla"si*a\, n. [NL.; Gr. ? priv. + ? a molding.] (Med.) 1. Incomplete or faulty development. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Med.) a defect, retardation, or cessation of the process of generation of blood cells. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aplasia n 1: failure of some tissue or organ to develop