abnormalityab‧nor‧mal‧i‧ty /ˌæbnɔːˈmæləti $ -nər-/ ●○○ noun (plural abnormalities) [countable, uncountable] - Dyslexia may be caused by a brain abnormality involving the sense of sight.
- But this sense of isolation and estrangement was easy enough to understand, and certainly indicated no abnormality.
- Intuitive judgements of the kind listed above are undoubtedly more informative than gross judgements of abnormality.
- It is a terrible abnormality that I am determined to correct.
- The defence have said medical evidence gleaned from tests on Mr Harris' brain shows he suffers from a rare abnormality.
- There is no clear correlation between the number of injections and the degree of abnormality recorded.
ADJECTIVE► congenital· Prevalence of each congenital abnormality entity after prevention was calculated from the birth prevalence and the percentage effectiveness of prevention.· Some preventive methods overlap but only one was considered for each congenital abnormality entity.· Main outcome measures - Prevalence at birth and prevalence after prevention in 73 congenital abnormality types or groups.· Anencephalus is, of course, a lethal congenital abnormality.
nounnormality/normalcy ≠ abnormalitynormalnormalizationadjectivenormal ≠ abnormalverbnormalizeadverbnormally ≠ abnormally