English > abnormality: 4 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. |
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| Synonym | abnormalcy |
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| Narrower | aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance | A state or condition markedly different from the norm |
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| abrachia | The condition of having no arms |
| acardia | congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters) |
| acephalia, acephaly, acephalism | absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) |
| acorea | absence of the pupil in an eye |
| acromicria, acromikria | abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) |
| acromphalus | Abnormal protrusion of the navel |
| amastia | 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) |
| anomaly, anomalousness | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
| anorchism, anorchidism, anorchia | absence of one of both testes |
| arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression | An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
| asynclitism, obliquity | The presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle |
| atresia | An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent |
| atypicality, untypicality | Any state that is not typical |
| brachydactyly, brachydactylia | Abnormal shortness of fingers and toes |
| cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism | failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops |
| cyclopia | A developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye |
| deviated 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 chest |
| dysplasia | Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth |
| ectrodactyly | congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes |
| erethism | An abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part |
| fetal distress, foetal distress | An abnormal condition of a fetus |
| gynecomastia | excessive development of the breasts in males |
| hepatomegaly, megalohepatia | Abnormal enlargement of the liver |
| hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy | An abnormality during pregnancy |
| hydramnios | An abnormality of pregnancy |
| hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly | An abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain |
| hypervitaminosis | An abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively |
| hypospadias | An abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis |
| infantilism | An abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics / characteristics |
| inversion | 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) |
| irritation | (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation |
| lagophthalmos | Abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely |
| macrencephaly | An abnormally large braincase |
| macrocephaly, megacephaly, megalocephaly | An abnormally large head |
| mental abnormality | Any abnormality of mental function |
| microbrachia | abnormally small arms |
| microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephaly | An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain |
| nanophthalmos | Condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal |
| pachycheilia | An abnormal thickness of the lips |
| palmature | An abnormality in which the fingers are webbed |
| phimosis | An abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans |
| pneumothorax | Abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung |
| progeria | A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child |
| retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion | A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part |
| sequela | Any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment |
| spinal curvature | An abnormal curvature of the vertebral column |
| strabismus, squint | Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes |
| subnormality | The state of being less than normal / normal (especially with respect to intelligence) |
| torticollis, wryneck | An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted |
| transposition, heterotaxy | Any abnormal position of the organs of the body |
| varix | abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
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| Opposite | normality, normalcy | Within certain limits that define the range of normal / normal functioning |
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| Spanish | anomalía, anormalidad |
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| Catalan | anomalia, anormalitat |
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| Adjectives | abnormal | not normal |
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