abnormalcy

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abnormalcy - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficienciesabnormalityacardia - congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)acephalia, acephalism, acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)acorea - absence of the pupil in an eyeacromicria, acromikria - abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes)acromphalus - abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical herniaamastia - absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect)aneuploidy - an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)anorchia, anorchidism, anorchism - absence of one of both testesphysical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functionsasynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angleatresia - an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absentbrachydactylia, brachydactyly - abnormal shortness of fingers and toescryptorchidism, cryptorchidy, cryptorchism - failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus developsdeviated septum - abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)dextrocardia - abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chestectrodactyly - congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toeserethism - an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body partfetal distress, foetal distress - an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythmhepatomegaly, megalohepatia - abnormal enlargement of the liverinversion - abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)heterotaxy, transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the bodypneumothorax - abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)macrencephaly - an abnormally large braincasehydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy - an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetushydramnios - an abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluidhypervitaminosis - an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or Khypospadias - an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penislagophthalmos - abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completelymental abnormality - any abnormality of mental functionnanophthalmos - condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normalpalmature - an abnormality in which the fingers are webbeddysplasia - abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growthhydrocephalus, hydrocephaly - an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurologicalabrachia - the condition of having no armsprogeria - a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a childatypicality, untypicality - any state that is not typicalarrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurelyaberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance - a state or condition markedly different from the normcyclopia - a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eyespinal curvature - an abnormal curvature of the vertebral columnsubnormality - the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)anomalousness, anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rulegynecomastia - excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives)