asplasia

English

Etymology

Noun

asplasia (countable and uncountable, plural asplasias)

  1. (pathology) Any of several forms of anemia (erythroblastopenia)
    • 2015 May 19, Sandra Habbig, Max Christoph Liebau, “Ciliopathies - from rare inherited cystic kidney diseases to basic cellular function”, in Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics‎, volume 2, DOI:10.1186/s40348-015-0019-1:
      If present, cysts are typically found at the corticomedullar border. (f) Cerebellar vermis asplasia and elongated superior cerebellar peduncles result in the Molar Tooth Sign on axial MRI, which is pathognomonic for Joubert syndrome.

Synonyms
  • Diamond–Blackfan anemia

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