anomalousness

Definitions of anomalousness

1. noun

   deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
   synonyms: anomaly

   types:

   birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder

   a defect that is present at birth

   ablepharia

   a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete)

   albinism

   the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair

   anencephalia, anencephaly

   a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres

   ametria

   congenital absence of the uterus

   color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency

   genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue

   epispadias

   a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penis

   clinocephalism, clinocephaly

   a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex)

   clinodactyly

   a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned

   macroglossia

   a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndrome

   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

   acrocephaly, oxycephaly

   a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape

   cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip

   a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lip

   cleft palate

   a congenital fissure of the hard palate

   amelia

   congenital absence of an arm or leg

   meromelia

   congenital absence of part of an arm or leg

   encephalocele

   protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull

   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)

   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

   plagiocephaly

   congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique

   polysomy

   congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells

   hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism

   congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

   pseudohermaphroditism

   congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex

   scaphocephaly

   congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation

   congenital heart defect

   a birth defect involving the heart

   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

   spinocerebellar disorder

   any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxia

   hyperdactyly, polydactyly

   birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes

   syndactylism, syndactyly

   birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes

   ankyloglossia, tongue tie

   a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongue

   type of:

   abnormalcy, abnormality

   an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies