Aplasia
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Aplasia means the underdevelopment of an organ.
- Example of aplasia: failure to establish a regular tooth.
In orthopedics, it means congenital failure to form some part of the skeleton.[1] Compare: dysplasia
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- ↑ KOUDELA, K., et al. Ortopedie. 1. edition. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0654-2.
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Other anomalies of the number of teeth: