- Agenesis - Absent organ due to absent primordial tissue.
- Aplasia - Absent organ despite presence of primordial tissue.
- Hypoplasia - Incomplete organ development; primordial tissue present.
- Disruption - 2° breakdown of previously normal tissue or structure (eg, amniotic band syndrome).
- Deformation - Extrinsic disruption (eg, multiple gestations - crowding - foot deformities); occurs after
embryonic period.
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