chromosomal aberration

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noun Genetics.

any irregularity or abnormality of chromosome distribution, number, structure, or arrangement.

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Down syndrome and other chromosomal rearrangements are often accompanied by improperly functioning organs and immune systems.
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Cheshire is less interested in the literal, chromosomal answer than the figurative one.
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The Civil War was clearly an aberration in American society and of profound significance.
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In fact, the very notion of restraint has become an aberration.
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His actions may have been an aberration but his thinking, sadly, is not.
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Even a thinking machine must have its moments of aberration.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs
But this easiness is only possible, in promiscuity, which is possibly a worse ill than aberration.
The Natural Philosophy of Love|Remy de Gourmont
Nevertheless it would be imprudent wholly to rule out this form of sexual aberration from the causes of variability of species.
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The spiritual culture of Greece an aberration of the amazing political impulse towards ἁριστεὑειν.
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His instinct, which was stronger than his intelligence, told him that such an aberration was possible.
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