abnormality
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4.9
- noun
- /æbˈnɔrməlɪti/
- Specialized
:
anomalía
- The doctor explained that the baby might have a heart abnormality that could require surgery.
- congenital abnormalities
- genetic abnormalities
- chromosomal abnormalities
And there's increasing evidence that abnormalities and glutamate may play a role in OCD.
- And there's increasing evidence that abnormalities and glutamate may play a role in OCD.
- And she told me that usually with these syndromes, they see more abnormalities in the heart.
- Hiller himself believed to have had two forms of genital abnormality.
- The studies are smaller, but those that I've seen all show, again, are an abnormality in the gut microbiome of ADHD kids.
- I did have an MRI and a brain of the brain and they found no abnormalities in my brain.
- And they all had severe vestibular abnormalities.
- scan and it shows a new abnormality, a new stroke, then it's called a stroke rather than a Tia.
- You can get genetic abnormalities and that can build up over the years and caused a host of health related issues.
- So for example, machines that can diagnose abnormalities on a heart scan or spot tumours on an X-ray, those kinds of things.
- When we look at that tissue, any abnormalities like what we see in our Crohn's patients.
- This technology can be used, for example, to recognise tumors on X-ray scans or abnormalities on ultrasound scans and a range of different tasks.
- So today we might say patients who have a particular blood abnormality, we will say are multiple myeloma patients.
Examples
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Women with high-risk pregnancies, for example, those with placental abnormalities or risk of premature delivery, should avoid flying.
Academic text (2011) -
A blood sample taken in utero revealed a hemoglobin abnormality we'd never seen before.
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So today we might say patients who have a particular blood abnormality, we will say are multiple myeloma patients.
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After a time, an abnormality began to develop directly from the embryo
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You can get genetic abnormalities and that can build up over the years and caused a host of health related issues.
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Like the others, Eric was born with certain abnormalities.
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We need to know what she expects and assess for signs of hormonal abnormality with this in mind.
Academic text (2012) -
And she told me that usually with these syndromes, they see more abnormalities in the heart.
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Echocardiograms can identify structural abnormalities within the heart and can measure the heart's ability to pump.
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In a nutshell, a drug developed to ease pain during pregnancy was found to cause abnormalities in the fetus.
Synonyms
165
7.1
Something that is not normal or expected
31
6.1
A part of the body that has an unusual shape due to birth, injury, or disease
13
5.1
A lack of regular pattern or evenness
7
6.7
A body part that forms in a wrong way before birth, for example the heart or spine
4
9.4
Unusual growth of cells or body parts that can cause health problems
3
4.2
A problem in the body or how it works that is present at birth
3
4.6
A change in a person's genes that causes a disease
1
6.1
A change in the number or shape of chromosomes that often causes health problems
1
5.4
A health problem in the body or the way it works that is present when a baby is born
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6.0
A body or organ problem present when a baby is born
1
6.7
A change in the number or shape of chromosomes that often causes health problems
1
4.9
A health problem a person has at birth, often from parents' genes or events before birth
A physical problem present at birth caused by genes or development
Abnormal growth of a body part that often happens before birth
A state of being very different from what is normal
A change from what is normal or expected
Being different from the usual type or pattern
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.1
A change in the number or shape of chromosomes that often causes health problems
- Specialized
1
5.4
A health problem in the body or the way it works that is present when a baby is born
- Specialized
1
7.5
A condition where a person's thinking or feelings work very differently from usual and cause problems
How Severe
31
6.1
- Specialized
7
6.7
- Specialized
35
4.9
150
3.4
165
7.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abnormality comes from two parts: ab- meaning 'away' and normal meaning 'usual' or 'rule'. So a medical abnormality is something in the body that is 'away from the usual' way it should develop.