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abnormality

/ab-nawr-mal-i-tee/US // ˌæb nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ) //

畸形,畸形现象,异常情况,异常现象

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ab·nor·mal·i·ties.

    • : an abnormal condition, state, or quality; irregularity; deviation.
    • : an abnormal thing or event.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbeing different from standard or norm
Forms: abnormalities

Examples

  • Genetics are a possible factor, as are blood flow abnormalities in the brain, neurotoxins and metabolic disorders.

  • We found heart abnormalities in more than one-third of them.

  • Patients over age 65 were also more likely than younger ones to have the autoimmune abnormality, which was “clinically silent until the patients were infected with SARS-CoV-2,” the group of more than 100 scientists said.

  • Tim Cook kicked things off talking about situations in which Watch has saved people’s lives by alerting them of heart abnormalities.

  • There have been about 60 cases recorded of the often-fatal chromosomal abnormality.

  • It is a brief text with philosophical leanings that revolves around the notions of normality and abnormality in human nature.

  • When the same abnormality was detected in a subsequent pregnancy at 18 weeks, she was able to have a surgical abortion.

  • A post mortem examination revealed that there were no obvious signs of abnormality in Miss Moss' body.

  • I have an abnormality in the circuits for language output, and sure enough, as a child I had trouble getting language out.

  • But apparently there was just an “‘abnormality’ in the system.”

  • On examining the respiration and pulse, I have never been able to detect any characteristic abnormality.

  • The abnormality of club-foot may be pointed to as a reversion to the shape of the foot in the anthropoid apes.

  • Besides this, there is commonly some abnormality in the shape of the head, or the cranium is distinctly asymmetrical.

  • Almost any deformity or abnormality these days is called mutantism.

  • I admit abnormality has always had a strong attraction for me, and originality is at least not commonplace.