abnormality
noun
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Definition of abnormality
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Synonyms & Antonyms for abnormality
Synonyms
anomaly, freak, monster, monstrosity
Antonyms
average, norm, normal, par, standard
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If a noninvasive test finds abnormalities, a diagnostic colonoscopy is needed to verify cancerous polyps. — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, "Newer guidelines call for colonoscopies 5 years earlier, many insurances cover costs," 28 July 2019 Methamphetamine causes death when people begin to have heart rhythm abnormalities, heart attacks, strokes or experience complications from injecting the drug, Mendenhall said. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon deaths from meth up more than 400%, a new report says," 20 June 2019 These complications, which have been reported for facial injections, can include vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs, or permanent scarring of the skin. — Vogue, "Celebrity Manicurist Deborah Lippmann on Beauty, Aging, and the Product That Changed her Relationship With her Hands," 1 Apr. 2019 These issues might include severe abnormalities, like a fetus that only has two heart chambers instead of four or that hasn't developed functional lungs—issues that prevent the fetus from being viable. — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, "What President Trump Got Wrong About Abortion in His State of the Union Address," 6 Feb. 2019 But the baby suffered brain damage because doctors ignored signs of distress in the child, failed to perform a cesarean section and administered Pitocin despite heart rate abnormalities, the lawsuit said. — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, "Army hospital owed disabled boy $6.5 million. His mom started stealing it, Mich. cops say | Miami Herald," 17 May 2018 Ruchi Agashe, a junior at Canyon Crest Academy, whose project identified treatments for hemophilic joint disease, which causes vascular abnormalities and joint bleeding. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "County science/engineering students do well at international fair," 5 July 2019 He was grounded in 1962 because of a heart abnormality and took over future crew selections that same year. — Beth Kassab, orlandosentinel.com, "On Apollo 11, how did Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin become first men on moon? It was Deke Slayton’s call," 24 June 2019 People with obesity and diabetes also tend to have high triglycerides, a sign of poor metabolic health, a measure of factors such as blood sugar and blood pressure, and other metabolic abnormalities that are damaging to the heart and blood vessels. — Betsy Mckay, WSJ, "Heart Attack at 49—America’s Biggest Killer Makes a Deadly Comeback," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abnormality.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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