(n.) The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
(n.) Something abnormal.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cancer patients showed abnormally high plasma free tryptophan levels.
(2) Among the pathological or abnormal ECGs (25.6%) prevailed the vegetative-functional heart diseases with 92%.
(3) Clonal abnormalities involving chromosomes 3 and 21 were noted in two patients.
(4) Clinical signs of disease developed as early as 15 days after transition to the experimental diets and included impaired vision, decreased response to external stimuli, and abnormal gait.
(5) Among a family of 8 children, 4 presented typical clinical and biological abnormalities related to mannosidosis.
(6) Also we found that the lipid deposition in the glomeruli of patients with Alagille syndrome is related to an abnormal lipid metabolism, which is the consequence of severe cholestasis.
(7) The secondary leukemia that occurred in these patients could be distinguished from the secondary leukemia that occurs after treatment with alkylating agents by the following: a shorter latency period; a predominance of monocytic or myelomonocytic features; and frequent cytogenetic abnormalities involving 11q23.
(8) Immediate postexercise two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated exercise-induced changes in 8 (47%) patients (2 with normal and 6 with abnormal results from rest studies).
(9) The psychiatric experts classified 11 of the perpetrators as "normal," 3 as abnormal, and 2 as psychotic.
(10) Erythrocyte membrane choline transport is abnormally high in chronic renal failure.
(11) Although the longest period required for resolving weakness was three days, the MRI, the CT and the electroencephalogram revealed no significant abnormality.
(12) Aside from these characteristic findings of HCC, it was important to reveal the following features for the diagnosis of well differentiated type of small HCC: variable thickening or distortion of trabecular structure in association with nuclear crowding, acinar formation, selective cytoplasmic accumulation of Mallory bodies, nuclear abnormalities consisting of thickening of nucleolus, hepatic cords in close contact with bile ducts or blood vessels, and hepatocytes growing in a fibrous environment.
(13) Muscle wasting in MYD may be explained by these abnormalities as well.
(14) Associated renal and other abnormalities were common.
(15) Once the normal variations are mastered, appreciation of retinal, choroidal, optic nerve, and vitreal abnormalities is possible.
(16) Eight other children (20%) had normal or borderline elevation of CPK-MB fraction and EKG abnormalities combined with abnormal echocardiograms or radionuclide angiograms, and were considered to have sustained cardiac concussion.
(17) Several investigators have attempted to correlate chromosomal abnormalities with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CLS), but none of them have been conclusive.
(18) It is possible that the IgE that linked abnormally with the propofol had specific binding sites for the phenyl nucleus and the isopropyl groups, which are present in propofol and many other drugs.
(19) Of 185 with readable histology, 14.6% were clinically and histologically abnormal; 19.5% were clinically abnormal but histologically normal; and 15.7% were clinically normal and histologically abnormal.
(20) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
Normalcy
Definition:
(n.) The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.
Example Sentences:
(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.