Abnormality
noun
Something that is not normal or usual.
The doctor detected an abnormality in the patient's heart rhythm.
Often appears as...
- detect an abnormality
- correct an abnormality
noun
A health condition that is not normal or typical.
Genetic abnormalities can cause a wide range of health problems.
Often appears as...
- genetic abnormality
- chromosomal abnormality
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Formal
noun
An unusual feature or behavior that is not typical or standard.
His study focuses on the abnormality of human behaviors in extreme situations.
Often appears as...
- psychological abnormality
- behavioral abnormality
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Formal
noun
Something that is not normal or usual.
The doctor detected an abnormality in the patient's heart rhythm.
Often appears as...
- detect an abnormality
- correct an abnormality
noun
A health condition that is not normal or typical.
Genetic abnormalities can cause a wide range of health problems.
Often appears as...
- genetic abnormality
- chromosomal abnormality
Usage tips
Formal
noun
An unusual feature or behavior that is not typical or standard.
His study focuses on the abnormality of human behaviors in extreme situations.
Often appears as...
- psychological abnormality
- behavioral abnormality
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Used to describe behaviors or situations that differ from the socially accepted norm.
Wearing a costume to a formal event would be considered an abnormality.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative Always
Can describe unique traits that are not necessarily bad, just uncommon.
Her ability to remember dates so clearly was an interesting abnormality.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's abnormal in one culture might be normal in another; use with awareness of cultural differences.
He found the local customs to be abnormalities, but later understood their cultural significance.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Used to describe behaviors or situations that differ from the socially accepted norm.
Wearing a costume to a formal event would be considered an abnormality.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative Always
Can describe unique traits that are not necessarily bad, just uncommon.
Her ability to remember dates so clearly was an interesting abnormality.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's abnormal in one culture might be normal in another; use with awareness of cultural differences.
He found the local customs to be abnormalities, but later understood their cultural significance.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Usage
Used to describe behaviors or situations that differ from the socially accepted norm.
Wearing a costume to a formal event would be considered an abnormality.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative Always
Can describe unique traits that are not necessarily bad, just uncommon.
Her ability to remember dates so clearly was an interesting abnormality.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's abnormal in one culture might be normal in another; use with awareness of cultural differences.
He found the local customs to be abnormalities, but later understood their cultural significance.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
Aw, come on now, let's not get carried away. But now we do have some testable hypotheses. I'd put money on its aggression and memory problems being linked to abnormalities in its amygdala and hippocampus, respectively. Great! So all we need to do now is figure out how to experimentally test this.
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What is imposter...
though it may be more prevalent and disproportionately affect the experiences of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is. It's not a disease or an abnormality, and it isn’t necessarily tied to depression, anxiety, or self-esteem.
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What is bipolar...
In reality, it's a complex problem. For example, the brain's amygdala is involved in thinking, long-term memory, and emotional processing. In this brain region, factors as varied as genetics and social trauma may create abnormalities and trigger the symptoms of bipolar disorder.
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A lesson on looking PIPE...
Learning to frame the question in such a way as to elicit the information that we need to do our jobs, is a critical life skill. Like the radiologist who told me that looking at the negative spaces in a painting helped her discern more discreet abnormalities in an MRI.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
Other work flowed from these studies. The first was that sleep disruption actually precedes certain types of mental illness, and we've shown that in those young individuals who are at high risk of developing bipolar disorder, they already have a sleep abnormality
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What the US health care...
has actually helped quite a lot. But still, my patients run out of minutes, and their phones get disconnected. Low-income people often have to move around a lot by necessity. I remember reviewing a chart of a woman with an abnormality on her mammogram.
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Mary Roach: 10 things...
There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility. This one involves men. Sperm that sit around in the body for a week or more start to develop abnormalities that make them less effective at head-banging their way into the egg.
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Why you should love...
and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
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What your breath could...
The increasing adoption of routine screening will raise the What do we call a disease that can rationalize treatment, and what is just an abnormality that should not be a source of concern?
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What is depression? -...
and hormone abnormalities, such as high cortisol and deregulation of thyroid hormones. But neuroscientists still don't have a complete picture of what causes depression.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
Aw, come on now, let's not get carried away. But now we do have some testable hypotheses. I'd put money on its aggression and memory problems being linked to abnormalities in its amygdala and hippocampus, respectively. Great! So all we need to do now is figure out how to experimentally test this.
Video examples
What is imposter...
though it may be more prevalent and disproportionately affect the experiences of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is. It's not a disease or an abnormality, and it isn’t necessarily tied to depression, anxiety, or self-esteem.
Video examples
What is bipolar...
In reality, it's a complex problem. For example, the brain's amygdala is involved in thinking, long-term memory, and emotional processing. In this brain region, factors as varied as genetics and social trauma may create abnormalities and trigger the symptoms of bipolar disorder.
Video examples
A lesson on looking PIPE...
Learning to frame the question in such a way as to elicit the information that we need to do our jobs, is a critical life skill. Like the radiologist who told me that looking at the negative spaces in a painting helped her discern more discreet abnormalities in an MRI.
Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
Other work flowed from these studies. The first was that sleep disruption actually precedes certain types of mental illness, and we've shown that in those young individuals who are at high risk of developing bipolar disorder, they already have a sleep abnormality
Video examples
What the US health care...
has actually helped quite a lot. But still, my patients run out of minutes, and their phones get disconnected. Low-income people often have to move around a lot by necessity. I remember reviewing a chart of a woman with an abnormality on her mammogram.
Video examples
Mary Roach: 10 things...
There's another way that orgasm might boost fertility. This one involves men. Sperm that sit around in the body for a week or more start to develop abnormalities that make them less effective at head-banging their way into the egg.
Video examples
Why you should love...
and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
Video examples
What your breath could...
The increasing adoption of routine screening will raise the What do we call a disease that can rationalize treatment, and what is just an abnormality that should not be a source of concern?
Video examples
What is depression? -...
and hormone abnormalities, such as high cortisol and deregulation of thyroid hormones. But neuroscientists still don't have a complete picture of what causes depression.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
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Kathy Giusti
American Activist
Although not yet routine, many cancer centers have the technology to sequence some or all of a patient's cancer genome. This can provide massive amounts of valuable information about your cancer, including whether you have genetic mutations and other abnormalities for which new drugs are available.
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Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Despite amazing advances in fertility to help older women get pregnant, the complications, increased chances of autism, and chromosomal abnormalities are significant considerations.
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Pope Shenouda III
Egyptian Clergyman
Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.
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Timothy Simons
American Actor
I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli Musician
An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
Quote examples
Kathy Giusti
American Activist
Although not yet routine, many cancer centers have the technology to sequence some or all of a patient's cancer genome. This can provide massive amounts of valuable information about your cancer, including whether you have genetic mutations and other abnormalities for which new drugs are available.
Quote examples
Harold E. Varmus
American Scientist
I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.
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Octavia E. Butler
American Writer
The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Despite amazing advances in fertility to help older women get pregnant, the complications, increased chances of autism, and chromosomal abnormalities are significant considerations.
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Pope Shenouda III
Egyptian Clergyman
Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature.
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Timothy Simons
American Actor
I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid. I've always been sort of a physical abnormality.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli Musician
An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.
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