In brief: Abnormal wrist bone. The lunate is one of eight bones in the wrist. It is shaped like a half-moon and therefore called the lunate. Breakdown of this bone is known as kienbock's disease. The exact cause of this condition is not known. It may be related to various anatomical features unique to you. It may be genetically related.
Quick Answer. Atypical cells, the presence of which is sometimes called dysplasia, have a number of causes that range from infection and/or inflammation to normal aging. Atypical cells usually revert back into normal cells once the cause is identified and treated.
Atypia (from Greek, a + typos, without type; a condition of being irregular or nonstandard) is a pathologic term for a structural abnormality in a cell, i.e. it is used to describe atypical cells.