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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abnormal \Ab*nor"mal\, a. [For earlier anormal, F. anormal, LL.
anormalus for anomalus, Gr. ?. Confused with L. abnormis. See
Anomalous, Abnormous, Anormal.]
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. ``That deviating from the type;
anomalous; irregular. ''
--Froude.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, displaced older abnormous (1742) and rival anormal (1835) under influence of Latin abnormis "deviating from a rule," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab-) + norma "rule" (see norm). The older forms were via Old French anormal (13c.), from Medieval Latin anormalos, from Greek anomalos, from an- "not" + homalos, from homos "same." The Greek word was altered in Latin by association with norma. Related: Abnormally.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type. (First attested around the mid 19th century.)(R:SOED5: page=6) 2 Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. (First attested around the early 20th century.) n. A person or object that is not normal.
WordNet
adj. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food" [ant: normal]
departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality" [ant: normal]
much greater than the normal; "abnormal profits"; "abnormal ambition"
Wikipedia
Abnormal is the debut album by Bacil & Rakby released on 20 June 2012 on Bottleshop records.
Abnormal is the eighth studio album by recording artist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, released in July 2008. Abnormal is Thal's first solo release as a member of Guns N' Roses.
Thal described Abnormal as "..a continuation of a very personal tale. If Normal was the first chapter, then Abnormal is the second chapter of the same book. It's a tale of how my life has been 3 years after Normal, after touring with Guns N' Roses and [everything else]". The songs "Abnormal", "Glad to Be Here" and "Objectify" have been performed by Thal as solo spots in Guns N' Roses concerts. Objectify was featured as Thal's solo in Appetite for Democracy 3D. Thal mentioned "Green" being one of his favorite songs he's ever written.
Usage examples of "abnormal".
It is not designed to circumscribe healthful reproduction, but to serve as an effectual hindrance to abnormal deviations.
Excessive marital indulgence produces abnormal conditions of the generative organs and not unfrequently leads to incurable disease.
That fecundation sometimes takes place from right to left and thus produces these abnormal variations.
It is difficult to give any satisfactory explanation of these abnormal developments.
Hotel, and has been attended by the most happy results, yet the cases have presented so great a diversity of abnormal features, and have required so many variations in the course of treatment, to be met successfully, that we frankly acknowledge our inability to so instruct the unprofessional reader as to enable him to detect the various systemic faults common to this ever-varying disease, and adjust remedies to them, so as to make the treatment uniformly successful.
A vial of that which is first passed in the morning, should be sent with the history of the case, as chronic rheumatism effects characteristic changes in this excretion, which clearly and unmistakably indicate the abnormal condition of the fluids of the body upon which the disease depends.
Assimilative debility is indicated by an impaired digestion and a consequent suppression, or an abnormal state of the secretions.
The arrest of the abnormal breaking down of the tissues, and the prevention of emaciation.
Menstruation may fail to be established in consequence of organic defects, or from some abnormal condition of the blood and nervous system.
Non-appearance, as well as suppression of the menses, may result from an abnormal state of the blood.
Such persons may be accustomed to luxurious living, and there is evidently a predisposition to abnormal activity of the alimentary functions.
As these several abnormal conditions and diseases will be treated of elsewhere in this volume, we omit their further consideration here.
In offering a few hints for the domestic management of these abnormal conditions, we would at the same time remark, that, while health may be regained by skillful treatment, recovery will be gradual.
The presence of only a few of the symptoms which we have enumerated is evidence of abnormal weakness, which demands treatment.
On examination, we found a very varicose or enlarged condition of the left spermatic veins, and gave it as our opinion that the seminal loss was wholly due to this abnormal condition and could only be cured by an operation that would remove the varicocele.