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| aplasia |
incomplete or faulty development of an organ or tissue. |
| aplastic |
pertaining to the incomplete or faulty development of an organ or tissue. |
| carbon black |
any of various finely divided forms of carbon obtained from the incomplete burning of natural gas or petroleum oil, and used to make ink, pigments, and rubber, and as a filtering agent. |
| carbon monoxide |
a colorless, odorless, combustible, and very poisonous gas, produced by the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon, such as gasoline, because of insufficient air. |
| careless |
imprecise or incomplete. [1/5 definitions] |
| dysfunction |
incomplete or impaired functioning of a body part or organ. |
| dyspepsia |
incomplete or improper digestion of food; indigestion. |
| educated |
founded on experience and incomplete information. [1/3 definitions] |
| fontanel |
any of the soft openings, covered by a membrane, between the incomplete skull bones of fetuses, infants, and young animals. |
| fragment |
a broken off or incomplete part. [1/3 definitions] |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| go1 |
to remain incomplete; be left. [1/28 definitions] |
| half |
incomplete; partial. [1/7 definitions] |
| hemistich |
a line of verse or poetry that is incomplete or shorter than usual. [1/2 definitions] |
| missing link |
anything whose absence causes a series to be incomplete. [1/2 definitions] |
| murmur |
an irregularity in the heartbeat, caused by incomplete closure of heart valves; heart murmur. [1/6 definitions] |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. [2/3 definitions] |
| sketchy |
incomplete, imperfect, or slight. [1/3 definitions] |
| unfinished |
not finished; incomplete. [1/3 definitions] |
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