Abnormality

  • 11abnormality — noun (plural ties) Date: 1854 1. the quality or state of being abnormal 2. something abnormal …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 12abnormality — any condition not found naturally in most fishes. Unusual conditions arising during processing fish as food are called defects, q.v …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 13abnormality — /ab nawr mal i tee/, n., pl. abnormalities. 1. an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation. 2. an abnormal thing or event. Also, abnormalcy. [1850 55; ABNORMAL + ITY] Syn. anomaly, aberration, peculiarity, oddity,… …

    Universalium

  • 14abnormality — noun a) The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity b) Something abnormal. Ant: normality …

    Wiktionary

  • 15abnormality — 1. The state or quality of being abnormal. 2. An anomaly, deformity, malformation, impairment, or dysfunction. figure of 8 a. a radiographic appearance associated with total anomalous drainage of the pulmonary venous …

    Medical dictionary

  • 16abnormality — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, alienation, allergic disease, allergy, anomaly, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth defect, blight, brain damage, brainsickness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17abnormality — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Irregularity] Syn. peculiarity, singularity, aberration; see irregularity 2 , strangeness . 2. [Something abnormal] Syn. malformation, deformity, anomaly, rarity; see contortion 1 , freak 2 , irregularity 2 . II (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18abnormality — ab|nor|mal|i|ty [ˌæbno:ˈmælıti US nər ] n plural abnormalities [U and C] an abnormal feature, especially something that is wrong with part of someone s body ▪ tests that can detect genetic abnormalities in the foetus …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19abnormality — ab·nor·mal·i·ty || ‚æbnɔː mælÉ™tɪ n. state of being abnormal; irregularity, abnormal feature …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20abnormality — noun (C, U) an abnormal feature or characteristic, especially something that is wrong with part of someone s body: tests that can detect genetic abnormalities in the foetus …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English