Agenesis vs. Dysgenesis — What's the Difference?

In medicine, agenesis () refers to the failure of an organ to develop during embryonic growth and development due to the absence of primordial tissue. Many forms of agenesis are referred to by individual names, depending on the organ affected: Agenesis of the corpus callosum - failure of the Corpus callosum to develop Renal agenesis - failure of one or both of the kidneys to develop Amelia - failure of the arms or legs to develop Penile agenesis - failure of penis to develop Müllerian agenesis - failure of the uterus and part of the vagina to develop Agenesis of the gallbladder - failure of the Gallbladder to develop.

Defective or abnormal development of an organ, especially of the gonads.

Absence or incomplete development of an organ or body part.

(medicine) Defective development

(pathology) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization

A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form of homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race.

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Infertility between hybrids

Imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part