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AGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part

Synonyms:

agenesia; agenesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("agenesis" is a kind of...):

nondevelopment (failure of normal development to occur)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm within the cerebral hemisphere often associated with partial or complete agenesis of the corpus callosum.

(Cerebral Hemisphere Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with hydrocephalus due to stenosis of the aqueduct of Sylvius (HSAS), mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs syndrome (MASA or CRASH syndrome), spastic paraplegia 1, X-linked and agenesis of the corpus callosum, X-linked, partial and may contribute to intestinal aganglionosis in Hirschsprung disease.

(L1CAM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)