hypoplastic

[ hahy-puh-plas-tik ]

adjectivePathology.
  1. abnormally lacking some cells or structural elements: He was diagnosed in utero with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which the heart’s left ventricle is severely underdeveloped.

Origin of hypoplastic

1
First recorded in 1845–50; hypo- + -plastic

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