What's the difference between abnormalcy and normalcy?

Abnormalcy


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Normalcy


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

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  • (1) These results are discussed in terms of the role of contaminants in the observed synthesis, the "normalcy" of Acetabularia chloroplasts, the synthetic pathways for amino acids in plastids, and the implications of these observations for cell compartmentation and chloroplast autonomy.
  • (2) Uncertainty about normalcy of the next child increased as numeric risk increased, and few clients were willing to indicate that the child would probably or definitely be affected regardless of the numeric risk.
  • (3) "We want to bring normalcy to this country, but we have suffered from terrorism for 30 years, so it has to happen gradually," said defence secretary Rajapaksa.
  • (4) Distribution of ideal body weight and body mass index was below the median of controls, but very few patients were below the cut-off points for normalcy.
  • (5) Function and normalcy were also perceived to be important aspects of comfort.
  • (6) They can use established standards of growth to compare the child's height with that of other children of the same age to assess growth normalcy.
  • (7) A study was made of immunoglobulins in the CSF of 50 individuals who suffered from chronic migraine but showed normal results for the physical and neurological examinations; electroencephalograph, CSF tests (sub-occipital puncture) and proteinogram of the serum also fell within the limits of normalcy in all of the 50 cases.
  • (8) In addition, the techniques for subsequent retransplantation of cultured cells into cleared fat pads of isogenic hosts as a test for normalcy of cultured tissue are detailed.
  • (9) Nixon on Wednesday cited a return to some normalcy in the St Louis suburb, with school back in session and businesses reopening.
  • (10) reduced the sperm count from the 9th week, leading close to azoospermia on the 2nd post-treatment week which persisted until the 10th post-treatment week and normalcy was restored on the 13th post-treatment week.
  • (11) The normalcy of the menstrual cycles during the period of exercise was judged independently according to clinical and hormonal criteria, the latter comprising serial measurements of gonadotropin and sex-steroid excretion.
  • (12) The 30-min infusion had a higher normalcy rate than the 3-min method (91% versus 74%).
  • (13) It was most reliable in the diagnosis of occlusion or aplasia, subclavian steal and normalcy, and was less reliable in the detection of stenosis or hypoplasia of a vertebral artery.
  • (14) Analysis of ancillary experiences revealed continued themes of empathy and normalcy as well as guilt, separation, shock and anxiety, and uncertainty.
  • (15) In order to establish confidence that the predictive equations, lower limits of normalcy, and testing methodology are appropriate for specific patient populations, it is suggested that each clinical laboratory obtain PFT measurements on 10 to 20 individuals considered free of disease and representative of their patient population and compare these results with the prediction equations selected for use.
  • (16) Newly introduced technology (computerized analysis) authorizes an objective analysis of the tracing and the measurement of novel parameters, making it necessary however to re-evaluate the parameters of normalcy in the asymptomatic population.
  • (17) According to Lennie Goodings, publisher of Virago, the suggestion that in 1857 "bad girls, smut and perversion were essentially invented in the eyes of the law is both a fascinating story and, crucially, an important way of understanding how we arrived at our ideas of normalcy and deviancy – ideas which are with us to this day".
  • (18) On the withdrawal of corticosterone treatment, all the lipid classes turned to normalcy along with serum testosterone and prolactin.
  • (19) While a significant correlate of old age was attrition of IC neurons from the population capable of responding robustly to sounds, the majority of individual neurons demonstrated a remarkable degree of normalcy in their responses.
  • (20) The identified common perceptual themes within the pharmacologic paralysis experience were empathy, normalcy, acceptance, and sedative association.

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