English Explanatory Dictionary

dysplasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abnormal development of cells or tissue, often a precancerous stage of growth.
  2. The trauma caused by asynchronous psychological development on children.

Pronunciation

dĭs-plāʹzhə /dɪsˈpleɪ.ʒə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dysplasia.wav

Word forms

dysplasia dysplasias

Etymology

* From dys- + -plasia. * (psychology): Introduced by John Curtis Gowan in 1974.

Derived words

acrocephalopolydactylous dysplasia acrodysplasia adysplasia angiodysplasia arthrodysplasia boomerang dysplasia bronchodysplasia bronchopulmonary dysplasia chondrodysplasia dermoodontodysplasia dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica dysplastic Eiken skeletal dysplasia epidermodysplasia epithelial dysplasia erythrodysplasia faciodigitogenital dysplasia fibrodysplasia fibromuscular dysplasia fibrous dysplasia hemidysplasia hip dysplasia Lenz dysplasia Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia mandibuloacral dysplasia myelodysplasia omodysplasia onychodysplasia opsismodysplasia osteodysplasia renal dysplasia-limb defects syndrome spondyloenchondrodysplasia trichodysplasia
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