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dysplasia

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Noun

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dysplasia (countable and uncountable, plural dysplasias)

  1. (pathology) Abnormal development of cells or tissue, often a precancerous stage of growth.
  2. (psychology) The trauma caused by asynchronous psychological development on children.
    • 1992 January, Martha J. Morelock, “Giftedness: The view from within”, in Understanding Our Gifted[1], volume 4, number 3, United States, archived from the original on 8 September 2025, pages 10-15:
      A number of theorists and researchers have independently written about asynchronous development. Gowan (1974) discussed the implications of cognitive capacities which outstrip emotional (affective) development. He referred to asynchronous development as "dysplasia": []

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English dysplasia).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdys.plɑsiɑ/, [ˈdys̠.plɑ̝ˌs̠iɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): dys‧pla‧si‧a, dysp‧la‧si‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): dys‧plasia, dysp‧la‧sia

Noun

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dysplasia

  1. (pathology) dysplasia

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Inflection of dysplasia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative dysplasia dysplasiat
genitive dysplasian dysplasioiden
dysplasioitten
partitive dysplasiaa dysplasioita
illative dysplasiaan dysplasioihin
singular plural
nominative dysplasia dysplasiat
accusative nom. dysplasia dysplasiat
gen. dysplasian
genitive dysplasian dysplasioiden
dysplasioitten
dysplasiain rare
partitive dysplasiaa dysplasioita
inessive dysplasiassa dysplasioissa
elative dysplasiasta dysplasioista
illative dysplasiaan dysplasioihin
adessive dysplasialla dysplasioilla
ablative dysplasialta dysplasioilta
allative dysplasialle dysplasioille
essive dysplasiana dysplasioina
translative dysplasiaksi dysplasioiksi
abessive dysplasiatta dysplasioitta
instructive dysplasioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dysplasia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)