See Also: Abnormal(medicine)
abnormal(dictionary)
Abnormal(health)
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abnormal occlusion(medicine)
abnormal psychology(encyclopedia)
abnormal correspondence(medicine)
Abnormal returns(finance)
Abnormal returns(money)
reflex, abnormal(medicine)

abnormal (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ab- 'away from, not' (from Latin ab- 'away, off') + normal]
very different from usual in a way that seems strange, worrying, wrong, or dangerous
-opposite normal normal
::abnormal behaviour
::an abnormal level of cholesterol
::My parents thought it was abnormal for a boy to be interested in ballet.
-- abnormally adv
::an abnormally high pulse rate