Crossword clues for abnormality
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abnormality \Ab`nor*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Abnormalities.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
--Darwin.Something abnormal.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"quality of being abnormal," 1854; "abnormal feature or quality," 1859, from abnormal + -ity. Earlier as abnormity (1731).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. (First attested in the mid 19th century.)(R:SOED5: page=6) 2 Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature. (First attested in the mid 19th century.)
WordNet
n. an abnormal condition [syn: abnormalcy, abnormal condition] [ant: normality]
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence [syn: mental defectiveness]
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal [syn: freakishness]
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality [syn: irregularity]
Wikipedia
Abnormality (or dysfunctional behavior), in the vivid sense of something deviating from the normal or differing from the typical (such as an aberration), is a subjectively defined behavioral characteristic, assigned to those with rare or dysfunctional conditions. Behavior is considered abnormal when it is atypical, out of the ordinary, causes some kind of impairment, or consists of undesirable behavior. Who is normal or abnormal is a contentious issue in abnormal psychology.
Abnormality refers to any deviation from the normal, the noun form of the adjective abnormal. More specifically, this could mean:
- in psychology:
- Abnormality (behavior), behavior deviating from the normal or typical
- Models of abnormality, general hypotheses as to the nature of psychological abnormalities
- in physiology and medicine
- Chromosome abnormality, atypical number of chromosomes or a structural abnormality in one or more chromosomes
- Congenital abnormality, condition which is present at the time of birth which varies from the standard presentation
- Craniofacial abnormality, congenital musculoskeletal disorders which primarily affect the cranium and facial bones
- Tooth abnormality, congenital tooth disease
- Jaw abnormality, disorder in the formation or shape of the jaw
- Musculoskeletal abnormality, disorder of the musculoskeletal system present at birth
- Intraretinal microvascular abnormalities
- Gait abnormality, deviation from normal walking (gait)
- Multiple abnormalities, used to describe congenital abnormality that can not be primarily identified with a single system of the body or single disease process
- in music:
- Abnormality (band), an American extreme metal band from Boston, Massachusetts
''' Abnormality 'is an American extreme metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2005 from various acts such as Sexcrement, Forced Asphyxiation, Goratory, Parasitic Extirpation and Iranach, the band has released two studio albums, Contaminating The Hive Mind, and Mechanisms Of Omniscience as well as EP The Collective Calm In Mortal Oblivion''. In 2015, the quintet signed with Metal Blade Records.
Usage examples of "abnormality".
This would mean, according to our present understanding of heredity, an inherited abnormality in one or more enzyme systems and a metabolism that is therefore disordered in some specific manner.
All the while the shaft of phosphorescence from the well was getting brighter and brighter, bringing to the minds of the huddled men, a sense of doom and abnormality which far outraced any image their conscious minds could form.
On this now leaped and twisted a more indescribable horde of human abnormality than any but a Sime or an Angarola could paint.
As they reached the broad open space where I had had my first disquieting glimpse of the moonlit water I could see them plainly only a block away--and was horrified by the bestial abnormality of their faces and the doglike sub-humanness of their crouching gait.
Weeden gave it to his companion after the end, as a mute clue to the abnormality which had occurred, or whether, as is more probable, Smith had it before, and added the underscoring himself from what he had managed to extract from his friend by shrewd guessing and adroit cross-questioning.
I have brought to light a monstrous abnormality, but I did it for the sake of knowledge.
His sight, which had troubled him at intervals, became affected, and a celebrated oculist spoke of abnormality, asymetry of the pupils.
Finally, he points out the practical bearing of the subject--for example, the probability of calculus causing sudden suppression of urine in such cases--and also the danger of surgical interference, and suggests the possibility of diagnosing the condition by ascertaining the absence of the opening of one ureter in the bladder by means of the cystoscope, and also the likelihood of its occurring where any abnormality of the genital organs is found, especially if this be unilateral.
Bonnain and Payne have observed analogous cases of this abnormality of the vaginal opening and subsequent accouchement by the anus.
For a long time the abnormality was not believed to exist, and some of the observers denied the proof by postmortem examination of any of the cases so diagnosed, but there is at present no doubt of the fact,--three, four, and five testicles having been found at autopsies.
The author subjected the contents of the stomach of one patient to quite an extensive analysis, without finding any abnormality of secretion.
The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings.
I felt it advisable to keep my mind wholesomely occupied, for it would not do to brood over the abnormalities of this ancient, blight-shadowed town while I was still within its borders.
The deficiencies were of the most surprising sort, and the abnormalities of proportion could not be described.
The scene I cannot describe--I should faint if I tried it, for there is madness in a room full of classified charnel things, with blood and lesser human debris almost ankle-deep on the slimy floor, and with hideous reptilian abnormalities sprouting, bubbling, and baking over a winking bluish-green spectre of dim flame in a far corner of black shadows.