abnormality

[ ab-nawr-mal-i-tee ]

/ ˌæb nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural ab·nor·mal·i·ties.

an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation.

an abnormal thing or event.

OTHER WORDS FOR abnormality

anomaly, aberration, peculiarity, oddity, idiosyncrasy.

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Also abnormalcy.

Origin of abnormality

First recorded in 1850–55; abnormal + -ity

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

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.
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Most of those were in cases where fetal abnormalities were evident or there were grave risks to the health of the woman.
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Also, the types of abnormalities reported are not those associated with radiation exposures.
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This called the "disc abnormalities cause back pain thesis into question".
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He viewed his characters not in relation to other men and in normal activities; he isolated them—often amid abnormalities.
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I hasten to explain that I do not mean any of the abnormalities and monstrosities of present-day fashionable life.
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This, of course, is simply one of the abnormalities caused by the supplanting of love by money as a motive in marriage.
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Except as regards late "abnormalities," we have now surveyed the whole course of totemic evolution.
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This general description explains many of the abnormalities in freight rates throughout this territory.
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British Dictionary definitions for abnormality

abnormality

/ (ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

an abnormal feature, event, etc

a physical malformation; deformity

deviation from the typical or usual; irregularity

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Medical definitions for abnormality

abnormality

[ ăb′nôr-măl′ĭ-tē ]

An anomaly, malformation, or difference from the normal.

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