abnormality
/ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/US/ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/
abnormality noun: the state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
Noun
abnormality (countable and uncountable, plural abnormalities)
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- Taylor said that her fame makes her "sometimes" miss the normality of being able to hang out with friends but that she's had to get used to "the abnormality of my life".2015 May 26, “Taylor Swift: Pop stardom is made out to be harder than it is”, in BBC News
- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- I want a full genetic analysis. We're going to examine any abnormality we find no matter how insignificant it seems.1991, Brannon Braga, “Identity Crisis”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 18, spoken by Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden)
- The factors that filter out who “gets through” from conception to birth include chromosomal or genetic abnormalities of the fetus or the mother’s stress response to changes in her environment, Catalano said.2019 January 23, Susan Scutti, “Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- aberrant
abnormality meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
abnormality in Hindi
- सामाय से भिन्न वस्तु, अवस्था आदि, असामान्यता, अनियमितता, अपसामान्यता, सनकीपन
abnormality in Tamil
- இயல்பு பிறழ்மை, முறை பிறழ்மை, இயல்பின்மை
abnormality in Urdu
- معمول سے انحراف
abnormality in Bengali
- অস্বাভাবিকতা, অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা, লক্ষণ, শারীরিক, মানসিক ত্রুটি, বিকৃতি
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- abnormality in Malayalam
- വിചിത്ര പ്രതിഭാസം, ക്രമവിരുദ്ധമായ, വിലക്ഷണമായ, അസാധാരണമായ
- abnormality in Kannada
- ಓಜೆತಪ್ಪಿಕೆ, ಅನುತಪ್ಪಿಕೆ, ಮನೋವಿಕಾರ, ಅಸಹಜತೆ
- abnormality in Tagalog
- abnormalidad
Examples of abnormality in a sentence
- The two documented examples of telson abnormalities are on juvenile moults (Fig. 2a, b).
- As already mentioned, limb deficiencies – amelias and meromelias – represent an important group of limb abnormalities.
- The presence of subclinical metabolic abnormality should be carefully searched out.
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Forms of abnormality
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Origin of abnormality
From abnormal + -ity. First attested in the mid 19th century.
Words formed from abnormality
Questions about abnormality
- What does abnormality mean?
- Abnormality means the state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
- What is abnormality in Hindi?
- Abnormality in Hindi is सामाय से भिन्न वस्तु, अवस्था आदि, असामान्यता. See Abnormality meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is abnormality?
- Abnormality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abnormality?
- Abnormality is pronounced /ˌæbnɔːˈmælɪtɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of abnormality?
- The plural of abnormality is abnormalities.
Words near abnormality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: abnormality (page history and authors); abnormality (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormality (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormality (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormality (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abnormality (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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