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- pronunciation:
- aeb
nor
m
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
different from the norm, or unusual in way that is worrisome.
These warm temperatures are abnormal for this time of year.Fear of changing to a new school is not at all abnormal for children.Such a severe reaction is abnormal in patients taking this drug.The patient had an abnormal growth on his neck.- synonyms:
- aberrant, anomalous, atypical, deviant, eccentric, irregular
- antonyms:
- natural, normal, typical
- similar words:
- bizarre, deviate, divergent, exceptional, heterodox, odd, singular, strange, uncommon, unconventional, unnatural, unusual, wayward, weird
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| related words: |
eccentric, inhuman, irregular, peculiar, perverted, queer |
adverb + (adj.)abnormal
chromosomally, clinically, daily, mentally, minimally, perfectly, severely
(adj.)abnormal
+ adverb
potentially
(adj.)abnormal
+ noun
accident,
accumulation,
activity,
airway,
amount,
appearance,
axon,
behavior,
biopsy,
birth,
blood,
bone,
brain,
cancer,
cell,
channel,
cholesterol,
chromosome,
concentration,
condition,
conduct,
count,
density,
deposit,
development,
discharge,
discrepancy,
dynamics,
ear,
eating,
embryo,
enhancement,
enlargement,
enzyme,
fetus,
finding,
firm,
flow,
fluid,
frog,
function,
functioning,
gene,
gift,
glucose,
growth,
heart,
heartbeat,
hemoglobin,
hip,
hormone,
index,
journal,
kidney,
laboratory,
level,
lipids,
liver,
loading,
lung,
measurement,
metabolism,
miscarriage,
mole,
motion,
muscle,
nerve,
norm,
normality,
organ,
pap,
pattern,
personality,
phenomenon,
platelet,
pregnancy,
profile,
proliferation,
protein,
psychology,
quantity,
reaction,
reading,
recovery,
result,
return,
rhythm,
serum,
signal,
sinus,
skull,
sleep,
smear,
sperm,
stress,
temperature,
test,
threshold,
tissue,
transplant,
ultrasound,
vessel,
warming,
weather,
x-ray
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| derivation: |
abnormally (adv.) |
The word abnormal
contains the following parts:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, ablate, ablation, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, abrupt, abscond, absence, absent, absolute, absolve, absorb, abstain, abstract, abnegate, abuse, abusive
norm
Latin
root
that means rule, pattern
Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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