Meaning & use
abnormalities
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Features or conditions that deviate from what is normal, standard, or expected.
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The scan revealed several abnormalities in the patient's heart rhythm.
Engineers checked the readings for abnormalities before approving the launch.
A note on using this word
Common in medical, scientific, and technical writing to describe deviations worth investigating.
Words with a similar meaning
irregularitiesanomalies
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Words with an opposite meaning
normalcy
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