Definition of Agenesia

1. Noun. Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part.

Exact synonyms: Agenesis
Generic synonyms: Nondevelopment

Definition of Agenesia

1. agenesis [n -S] - See also: agenesis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agenesia

agency security
agencylike
agend
agenda
agenda-setting
agenda item
agendae
agendaless
agendas
agendum
agendums
agene
agene process
agenes
ageneses
agenesia (current term)
agenesias
agenesic
agenesis
agenesis of corpus callosum
agenest
agenetic
agenized
agenizes
agenizing
agennesis
agenst
agent

Literary usage of Agenesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Pathology: Or the Science of the Causes, Nature and Course of the by Ernst Ziegler (1903)
"368, 370) are wholly wanting, the surface of the base of the skull FIG. 370.—Partial agenesia of the bones of the cranium In ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1837)
"f Viable. 2. Of the same ventricles, but with ) Life more or complete development of the organ... J less. agenesia ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"agenesia should mean a condition in which certain elements are lacking; while aplasia should mean an alteration in the negative direction, in the size or ..."

4. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"agenesia, ah-jen-e'-se-ak. 1. Abnormal or imperfect development. 2. Impotence, sterility. Agenesis, ah-jen'-es-is. The same as agenesia, ..."

5. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"In nine out of thirteen cases of agenesia in adults reported by Courvoisier, ... Eschler recently reported a case of agenesia in a child two years old. ..."

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