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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

Example Sentences

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Dense breast tissue appears white on a mammogram, the same color as tumors, making it more difficult to detect abnormalities.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Early in pregnancy, women often get blood tests to screen for a handful of genetic abnormalities.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

Lomas explained that she had been given a checklist by midwives ahead of Poppy's birth outlining potential warning signs, including scar pain, prolonged pushing and abnormalities in the baby's health.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Their analysis revealed that slightly more than 10% of cell divisions produce spontaneous chromosomal abnormalities.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

The first investigators to trace chromosome abnormalities all the way to actual malignancy were Albert Levan and John J. Biesele, working at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson