abnormalcy

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an abnormal condition.

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abnormalcy - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies abnormality acardia - congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters) acephalia, acephalism, acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) acorea - absence of the pupil in an eye acromicria, acromikria - abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) acromphalus - abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia amastia - absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect) aneuploidy - an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete) anorchia, anorchidism, anorchism - absence of one of both testes physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle atresia - an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent brachydactylia, brachydactyly - abnormal shortness of fingers and toes cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy, cryptorchism - failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops deviated septum - abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity) dextrocardia - abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest ectrodactyly - congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes erethism - an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part fetal distress, foetal distress - an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm hepatomegaly, megalohepatia - abnormal enlargement of the liver inversion - abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth) heterotaxy, transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the body pneumothorax - abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis) macrencephaly - an abnormally large braincase hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy - an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around the fetus degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs; usually associated with the death of the fetus hydramnios - an abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluid hypervitaminosis - an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K hypospadias - an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis lagophthalmos - abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely mental abnormality - any abnormality of mental function nanophthalmos - condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal palmature - an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed dysplasia - abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly - an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological abrachia - the condition of having no arms progeria - a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child atypicality, untypicality - any state that is not typical arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance - a state or condition markedly different from the norm