abnormality

Example Sentences

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Lajos is born with skin so pale it is almost transparent, and while Mr. Biedermann soon ceases to mention the abnormality, it introduces Lajos’s uncanny lifelong sensation of invisibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“There is an abnormality with this trial and how the competitor product has done, it’s neither in their label or their own trials.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

It will facilitate the development of bespoke therapies that target a specific problem, such as a genetic abnormality, that causes severely debilitating or life-threatening diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

If a defendant successfully proves they were experiencing an abnormality of mental functioning, they will be convicted of manslaughter instead and receive a less severe sentence.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Webster’s had said that hypospadias was an abnormality of the penis.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides