abnormality
Americannoun
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abnormalities
plural
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an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation.
- Synonyms:
- idiosyncrasy, oddity, peculiarity, aberration, anomaly
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an abnormal thing or event.
noun
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an abnormal feature, event, etc
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a physical malformation; deformity
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deviation from the typical or usual; irregularity
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Origin of abnormality
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A teenager has become the world's youngest known patient to have brain surgery to treat a particular blood vessel abnormality, hospital bosses have said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Taken together, the researchers say these findings suggest that this metabolic abnormality may actively contribute to Alzheimer's disease rather than simply occur as a consequence of it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
It will facilitate the development of bespoke therapies that target a specific problem, such as a genetic abnormality, that causes severely debilitating or life-threatening diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
“There is an abnormality with this trial and how the competitor product has done, it’s neither in their label or their own trials.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide.
From "1984" by George Orwell
When researchers specifically reduced NRF2 in oligodendrocytes, the animals developed excessive myelin and lost large nerve fibers, closely resembling the abnormalities observed in human brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Then in August, the shares plunged after the agency placed the therapy on clinical hold when spinal scans turned up abnormalities in some trial participants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Some congenital heart defects occur as part of a wider genetic syndrome that can also produce abnormalities elsewhere in the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
It explains that the father, Gary, donated "part of his liver and bowel" in a transplant for his son Harry who "was born with bowel abnormalities".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 2006, some seven hundred new mothers found out that doctors had taken their placentas without consent to test for abnormalities that might help the hospital defend itself against future lawsuits over birth defects.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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