Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or characterized by hypoplasia.
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- adjective of, or pertaining to
hypoplasia
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Examples
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For instance, in hypoplastic left heart syndrome the left side of the heart doesn’t work correctly, while in tricuspid atresia it is the right side.
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She has something known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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We did the story about baby Annabelle about how she was one of the people to have a relatively new heart procedure for something known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Each year, as many as 600 babies are born with a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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It soon emerged the left side of Katie's heart was not developing properly, a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011
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Doctors don't know what causes this rare congenital defect, called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS for short.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The discovery hours after his birth that he had been born with just half his heart -- called hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- has turned the lives of her and her older son upside down.
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The phenomenon - known as hypoplastic left heart - is among the most devastating of congenital cardiac defects and plunges families into a harrowing sequence of high-stakes operations just weeks after birth.
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Wells is one of 200 or so women who have undergone an incredibly delicate operation that can actually prevent their babies from being born with a fatal heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Wells is one of 200 or so women who have undergone an incredibly delicate operation that can actually prevent their babies from being born with a fatal heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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