Agenesis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agenesis \A*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? birth.] (Physiol.)
     Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of
     organization.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  agenesis
       n : imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part [syn: {agenesia}]