What's the difference between atypical and normal?

Atypical


Definition:

  • (a.) That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Without medication atypical ventricular tachycardia develops, in the author's opinion, most probably when bradycardia has persisted for a prolonged period.
  • (2) Weddellite calcification was associated with benign lesions in 16 cases, but incidental atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ were present, each in one case.
  • (3) For related pairs, both the primes (first pictures) and targets (second pictures) varied in rated "typicality" (Rosch, 1975), being either typical or relatively atypical members of their primary superordinate category.
  • (4) The pathogenicity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in atypical pneumonias can be considered confirmed according to the availabile literature; its importance for other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, particularly for chronic bronchitis, is not yet sufficiently clear.
  • (5) Perinephric abscess is a rare condition; it may be acute, but can take a chronic and atypical course as a result of incomplete treatment with antibiotics.
  • (6) Carcinomas exhibiting atypical behavior are characteristically undifferentiated and aggressive.
  • (7) Five normovolemic patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for atypical chest pain syndrome volunteered for this study.
  • (8) Therefore, the in vitro data may be useful in predicting atypical and tissue selective in vivo effects of these types of compounds.
  • (9) The method was found useful in evaluating the cases when the force used was minimal or when the mark was atypical using the usual haematoxylin-eosin method.
  • (10) The physician's approach to the differential diagnosis of obscure, atypical pneumonias has changed.
  • (11) Although the intraoperative cytologic examination showed a picture suggestive of malignancy, including giant cells and atypical mitotic figures, the clinical and radiologic history militated against a malignant nature for the lesion, which was thus classified as a low-grade giant-cell astrocytoma.
  • (12) Raised cold agglutinin titres were observed in 16 patients with atypical pneumonia.
  • (13) Key findings include a progressive degeneration of these cholinergic neurons characterized by the formation of immunoreactively atypical NFT, the loss of intraneuronal lipofuscin, a lack of senile plaque and beta-amyloid deposition within the basal forebrain, and end-stage gliosis without residual extracellular NFT.
  • (14) The unsatisfactory smear showed atypical spindle cells.
  • (15) Primary thrombocythaemia is to be distinguished from the secondary type by higher counts of megakaryocytes especially of atypic and gigantic forms of these cells, showing up in adequate histological preparations of bone marrow biopsies.
  • (16) The only haematological abnormality in these patients was the presence of few atypical lymphoid cells in the peripheral blood.
  • (17) A linear relationship for Lpr1 and an atypical, inverse relationship for Lpr2 have been observed between the gene dosage, heterozygous vs. homozygous, and the Lpr serum level.
  • (18) The ability of TSH to regulate each in an antiparallel manner is atypical.
  • (19) In view of the lack of studies on the percentage of atypical forms of duodenal ulcer, we made one based on our cases, analyzing separately the location, hours and time periods.
  • (20) It is not uncommon for thyrotoxicosis to appear in an atypical manner in older patients.

Normal


Definition:

  • (a.) According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
  • (a.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
  • (a.) Standard; original; exact; typical.
  • (a.) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight.
  • (a.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively S(OH)6, and N(OH)5.
  • (a.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. Iso-.
  • (a.) Any perpendicular.
  • (a.) A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients with normal echocardiogram and ECG on admission do not require intensive care monitoring.
  • (2) Homozygotes have sparse greasy fur and lower viability and fertility than normal littermates.
  • (3) Of the patients 73% demonstrated clinically normal sensibility test results within 23 days after operation.
  • (4) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (5) Electronmicroscopical investigations have revealed that, under normal conditions, a minor vesicular transfer of intravenously injected peroxidase occurs across the endothelium in segments of arterioles, capillaries and venules, especially in arterioles with a diameter about 15-30 mu.
  • (6) Of 19 patients with coronary artery disease and "normal" omnicardiograms, only 8 (42%) had normal ventricular angiography.
  • (7) Tests showed the cells survive and function normally in animals and reverse movement problems caused by Parkinson's in monkeys.
  • (8) The goals in control patients were to attain normal values for all hemodynamic measurements.
  • (9) The main finding of this study is that diabetic adolescents with a high erythrocyte Na,Li countertransport rate have an arterial pressure significantly higher than patients with normal Na,Li countertransport fluxes.
  • (10) The 14C-aminopyrine breath test was used to measure liver function in 14 normal subjects, 16 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, 14 alcoholics without cirrhosis, and 29 patients taking a variety of drugs.
  • (11) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
  • (12) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-BarrĂ© [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
  • (13) Despite their absence, photoreceptors maintained a normal rate of OS assembly.
  • (14) Early stabilisation may not ensure normal development but even early splinting carries a small risk of avascular necrosis.
  • (15) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (16) It was the purpose of the present study to describe the normal pattern of the growth sites of the nasal septum according to age and sex by histological and microradiographical examination of human autopsy material.
  • (17) In addition, KM231 could detect a small amount of the antigen ganglioside in human gastric normal and cancerous mucosa and in gastric cancer cell lines by HPTLC-immunostaining.
  • (18) The results indicate that OA-bearing macrophages primed T cells and generated helper T cells, whereas the culture of normal lymphocytes with soluble OA in the absence of macrophages generated suppressor T cells.
  • (19) In hypophysectomized rats the activity of alanine aminotransferase was increased, but its normal zonation (predominance in the periportal zone) was preserved.
  • (20) Five of the nine normal livers had peribiliary glands that showed HLA-DR.