Definition of Agenesis

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

Exact synonyms: Agenesia
Generic synonyms: Nondevelopment

Definition of Agenesis

1. n. Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Definition of Agenesis

1. Noun. Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agenesis

1. absence or imperfect development of a bodily part [n AGENESES] : AGENETIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Agenesis

1. A condition in which a part of the body (such as an organ or a tissue) does not completely develop or fails to develop at all. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agenesis

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

Literary usage of Agenesis

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

1. 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 (1920)
"By Lawson G. Lowrey, AM, MD 475 Cerebellar agenesis with Report of Two Cases. By Frederick P. Moersch, MD 465 Contralateral Plantar Reflex and its Clinical ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Nervous Diseases for the Medical Student and General by Frank Savary Pearce (1904)
"Splitting of the cord and defects in development at special levels are found occasionally. agenesis implies lack of proper development of the cord. (Fig. ..."

3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1827)
"Considerations on the epoch at which this cerebral agenesis takes place—its comparative frequency, and the parts of the brain most subject to ..."

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