Agenesis (general)

The biological/medical term agenesis (plural: ageneses) refers to failure of an organ to grow or develop during the embryological period.

Examples include:

• appendiceal agenesis
• cerebellar agenesis
• corpus callosum agenesis
• dental agenesis (anodontia)
• diaphragmatic agenesis
• dorsal pancreatic agenesis
• ductus venosus agenesis
• ear agenesis
• eye agenesis (see anophthalmia)
• eyelid agenesis
• gallbladder agenesis
• gonadal agenesis
  • ovarian agenesis
  • ​testicular agenesis
• limb agenesis (see amelia)
• lung agenesis
• penile agenesis
• pericardial agenesis
• renal agenesis
• tongue agenesis (see aglossia)
• thyroid agenesis
• urethral agenesis
• uterine agenesis
• vaginal agenesis

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Terms used in radiology

• general
  • ancillary
  • artifact
  • corner of the film
  • diagnosis of exclusion
  • epiphenomenon
  • filling defect
  • forme fruste
  • gamut
  • geographic
  • gold standard
  • heterogeneous vs heterogenous
  • iatrogenic
  • idiopathic
  • incidentaloma
  • in extremis
  • natural history
  • non-specific
  • prodrome
  • protean
  • self-limiting
  • sequela
  • serpiginous
  • sine qua non
  • subclinical disease
  • syndrome
• pathology
  • agenesis
  • anlage
  • aplasia
  • atresia
  • atrophy
  • cyst
    • pseudocyst
  • dehiscence
    • wound dehiscence
  • diathesis
  • diverticulum
  • dyscrasia
  • exophytic
  • fistula
  • fluid collection
  • hernia
  • hyperplasia
  • hypertrophy
  • hypoplasia
  • hypotrophy
  • lamellated
  • laminated
  • phlegmon
  • septum
  • synechia
  • trabecula
• CNS
  • agnosia
    • visual agnosia
  • apraxia
  • holocord presentation
  • intraventricular
  • infarction
    • infarct core
    • ischemic penumbra
  • ischemia
• chest
  • bronchorrhea
  • ditzel
  • HRCT terminology
  • mucocele
  • mycetoma
  • pulmonary infiltrates
• epidemiology
  • attack rate
  • basic reproduction number (R0)
  • case fatality rate
  • effective reproduction number (R)
  • endemic
  • epidemic
  • host
  • incidence
  • incubation period
  • mortality rate
  • opportunistic infection
  • outbreak
  • pandemic
  • prevalence
  • surveillance
  • syndemic
  • transmission
  • vector
  • zoonosis
• gastrointestinal
  • dysphagia
  • hepatofugal
  • hepatopetal
  • incarceration
  • myochosis coli
  • strangulation
  • virgin abdomen
• genetics
  • genotype
  • karyotype
  • phenotype
• musculoskeletal
  • amputation
  • bursa
  • bone anatomy
    • apophysis
    • diaphysis
    • epiphysis
    • metaphysis
      • metadiaphysis
      • metaepiphysis
    • physis
  • coalition
  • disarticulation
  • enlocated
  • involucrum
  • monomelic
  • monostotic
  • fracture
    • closed fracture
    • open fracture
  • polyostotic
  • sprain
  • strain
• oncology
  • metachronous
  • micrometastasis
  • oligometastases
  • oligoprogression
  • polymetastases
  • polyprogression
  • progression
  • sentinel node
  • synchronous