abnormality
Departure from typical
Abnormality is the quality of being abnormal—deviating from what's typical, expected, or standard.
The word often carries medical or clinical weight: The scan revealed an abnormality in his lung.
It can also describe behavior or conditions outside social norms: psychological abnormality.
The plural abnormalities refers to specific instances: fetal abnormalities, chromosomal abnormalities.
Absence of organization
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- ailmentMinor health problem
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
dysfunction · defect · impairment · congenital · diagnosis · symptom · condition · deformity
Peculiar behavioral trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
unconventional · nonconformist · eccentric · offbeat · unusual · singular · bizarreness · outlandishness
Abnormal body structure
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- distortionTwisting from original state
- irregularityDeparture from standard
asymmetry · protrusion · curvature · disproportion · misshapen · structural · anatomical · visible
Distant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- varianceSpread around the mean
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
standard deviation · distribution · data point · regression · skew · measurement · detection · pattern
Departure from accepted standards
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- misconductImproper professional behavior
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
deviant · misbehavior · antisocial · atypical · maladaptive · compulsion · obsession · pathological
disorder
Absence of organization
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- ailmentMinor health problem
malformation · dysfunction · defect · impairment · congenital · diagnosis · symptom · condition · deformity · anomaly
quirk
Peculiar behavioral trait
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
strangeness · unconventional · nonconformist · eccentric · offbeat · unusual · singular · bizarreness · outlandishness · weirdness
deformity
Abnormal body structure
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- distortionTwisting from original state
irregularity · asymmetry · protrusion · curvature · disproportion · misshapen · structural · anatomical · visible · congenital
outlier
Distant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- varianceSpread around the mean
discrepancy · standard deviation · distribution · data point · regression · skew · measurement · detection · pattern · baseline
deviance
Departure from accepted standards
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- misconductImproper professional behavior
disobedience · deviant · misbehavior · antisocial · atypical · maladaptive · compulsion · obsession · pathological · aberrant
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
- monstrositiesmonstrosity, monster, freak, abomination, grotesqueness
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, transgression
- medical diagnosisdiagnosis, symptom, symptoms, condition, disease
- pathologycancer, disease, infection, tumor, lesion
abnormalitynormality
State of being typical
normalcy · normal · regularity · standard · norm
abnormalityhealth
Condition of body, mind
healthiness · normalcy · soundness · wellness · regularity
- genetic abnormalityInherited DNA irregularity
- congenital abnormalityDisorder present at birth
- chromosomal abnormalityStructural or numerical DNA error