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abnormality

[ab-nawr-mal-i-tee] / ˌæb nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /


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Her return visits confirm her suspicion of abnormality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The regions cleared of amyloid showed little or no buildup of tau tangles, another protein abnormality strongly associated with brain cell damage and declining memory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson says an MRI scan has uncovered an "abnormality" in her hamstring.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Huskies, the defending national champions with a strong recruiting pipeline and unmatched success during Auriemma’s tenure, are somewhat of an abnormality to the changing of the guard in the NCAA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

When he developed ventricular fibrillation, a heart rhythm abnormality that can be fatal within minutes, the problem was quickly fixed.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Then in August, the shares plunged after the agency placed the therapy on clinical hold when spinal scans turned up abnormalities in some trial participants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

It explains that the father, Gary, donated "part of his liver and bowel" in a transplant for his son Harry who "was born with bowel abnormalities".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The sisters shared rare abnormalities in their spines as well.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Experts later determined she suffered from severe anemia; blood clots in both wings and one kidney; liver and lung abnormalities; and inadequate bone marrow response.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In certain diseases and abnormalities studied by these investigators the number differed from the normal.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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