Agenesis

The term agenesis ( synonyms : agenesia , agenesis ) is used in medicine and veterinary medicine to describe the complete absence of an organ due to a (genetic) non-disposition.

This is a form of inhibition malformation , the time of development of which is before that of aplasia .

Examples are the lack of anchors in the corpus callosum ( corpus callosum agenesis ), the appendix , the gall bladder , liver , spleen , thyroid , epididymis and parathyroid glands .

See also

• Sacrococcygeal agenesis
• Corpus callosum agenesis
• Vermis agenesis

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Wiktionary: Agenesis  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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