abnormality
an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation.
an abnormal thing or event.
Origin of abnormality
1- Also abnormalcy.
Other words for abnormality
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How to use abnormality in a sentence
It could be that those downstream abnormalities in cell development were due to improper signaling from the cerebellum.
Early Brain Injury Might Be the Root of Autism | Russell Saunders | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are searching for abnormalities in the soil, replanted vegetation and other signs of a rogue grave.
Most of those were in cases where fetal abnormalities were evident or there were grave risks to the health of the woman.
Also, the types of abnormalities reported are not those associated with radiation exposures.
The Fukushima Generation: New Data on Birth Defects in Post-Meltdown Japan | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | September 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis called the "disc abnormalities cause back pain thesis into question".
The Most Dangerous Substance in America May Be Fertilizer | Megan McArdle | April 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He viewed his characters not in relation to other men and in normal activities; he isolated them—often amid abnormalities.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceI hasten to explain that I do not mean any of the abnormalities and monstrosities of present-day fashionable life.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairThis, of course, is simply one of the abnormalities caused by the supplanting of love by money as a motive in marriage.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairExcept as regards late "abnormalities," we have now surveyed the whole course of totemic evolution.
The Secret of the Totem | Andrew LangThis general description explains many of the abnormalities in freight rates throughout this territory.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
British Dictionary definitions for abnormality
/ (ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ) /
an abnormal feature, event, etc
a physical malformation; deformity
deviation from the typical or usual; irregularity
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