abnormalities

NOUN

being different from standard or norm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anomaly deformity flaw irregularity

STRONG

aberrancy aberration bizarreness deviance deviation eccentricity exception extraordinariness oddity peculiarity singularity strangeness uncommonness unnaturalness unusualness weirdness

WEAK

anomalism atypicalness deviancy preternaturalness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

regularity

STRONG

conformity normality sameness standard uniformity usualness

WEAK

normalness

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abnormalities

According to Irene Sanchez Martin, a postdoctoral researcher in Cheadle's laboratory, approximately one-third of the fetuses showed developmental abnormalities within just 24 hours.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The condition is named after Friedrich H. Lewy, the neurologist who discovered the brain abnormalities in the early 1900s, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn. website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

This decline was accompanied by structural abnormalities in the mitochondria and a loss of normal function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

New MRI measures can evaluate abnormalities with more specificity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Recent medical findings in the field of chromosome abnormalities are of extreme interest and significance.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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