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单词 abnormity
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Definition of abnormity in English:

abnormity

nounPlural abnormities abˈnɔːmɪti
  • 1An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence.

    tests for abnormities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two techniques are regularly used in screening assessment to establish the nature of a confirmed abnormity.
    • Smear tests will still be used to test for abnormities after the HPV vaccine is introduced.
    • Let us consider it carefully before we lay before the world what might prove a structural and aesthetic abnormity.
    • Are these feathers legitimate, or is the whole thing an abnormity?
    • The asparagus or sweet potato stem occasionally broadens out into a ribbon, and it passes as an abnormity.
    Synonyms
    mutant, mutation, freak, freak of nature, monster, abortion, malformation
    1. 1.1mass noun The quality or state of being abnormal.
      abnormity of the abdomen
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The same author speaks of the nails frequently showing evidences of abnormity in connection with either absence or superabundance of hair.
      • On reviewing the epoch-making events of the eighteenth century, we find a condition of affairs startling in its abnormity.
      • Women's involvement in war and violence has often been perceived in terms of deviance and abnormity.
      • Criminal manifestations appear to him to be largely due to physical abnormity or disease.
      • The first question asks us to decide what type of mind is a potential criminal, or what degree of abnormity a man must have to be a criminal.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from late Latin abnormitas, from abnormis 'monstrous', from ab- 'away, from' + norma (see norm).

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