Definition of anomaly
Nouns
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
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- anomalousness
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birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder
a defect that is present at birth
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ablepharia
a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete)
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albinism
the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
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anencephalia, anencephaly
a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
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ametria
congenital absence of the uterus
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color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency
genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
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epispadias
a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis
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clinocephalism, clinocephaly
a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex)
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clinodactyly
a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned
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macroglossia
a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome
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Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21
a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
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acrocephaly, oxycephaly
a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
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cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip
a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip
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cleft palate
a congenital fissure of the hard palate
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amelia
congenital absence of an arm or leg
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meromelia
congenital absence of part of an arm or leg
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encephalocele
protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
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meningocele
a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
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myelomeningocele
a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation
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plagiocephaly
congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
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polysomy
congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells
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hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism
congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
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pseudohermaphroditism
congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex
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scaphocephaly
congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation
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congenital heart defect
a birth defect involving the heart
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rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida
a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
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spinocerebellar disorder
any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia
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hyperdactyly, polydactyly
birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes
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syndactylism, syndactyly
birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes
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ankyloglossia, tongue tie
a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue
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abnormalcy, abnormality
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
a person who is unusual
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- unusual person
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anachronism
a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
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aberrant
one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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albino
a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
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automaton, zombi, zombie
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
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eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball
a person with an unusual or odd personality
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crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball
a whimsically eccentric person
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nutter, wacko, whacko
a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
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behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath, monster
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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Jekyll and Hyde
someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
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kook, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck
someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
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misfit
someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
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anthropoid, ape
person who resembles a nonhuman primate
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dork, jerk
a dull stupid fatuous person
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addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain, loon
a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
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rara avis, rare bird
a rare or unique person
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transexual, transsexual
a person who has undergone a sex change operation
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ugly duckling
an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
Vocabulary Lists for anomaly
- Abies
- abortive
- acacia
- acarine
- acaulescent
- abaft
- abase
- abate
- abdicate
- abet
- allomorph
- anomaly
- articulation
- bandwidth
- comparative

