Abnormality Sentence Examples

The x-ray shows a slight abnormality in your spine, which explains the pain you've been experiencing.

Rachel adopted a puppy with an abnormality in his hind legs making it difficult for him to walk, but he's still very cute.

Learning disablities are often a symptom of an abnormality in the brain.

There may be an abnormality in brain biochemistry involving a chemical messenger called serotonin.

This particular physical abnormality is easily reversible with a minor surgery.

If an abnormality is detected on physical examination, or symptoms suggestive of cancer are noted, diagnostic tests will be performed.

Lastly, about 5 percent of febrile seizures are diagnosed as symptomatic, in cases in which the child has a history or evidence of neurological abnormality.

A skin biopsy may be performed to demonstrate an abnormality in either component.

Pectus carinatum-An abnormality of the chest in which the sternum (breastbone) is pushed outward.

Pectus excavatum-An abnormality of the chest in which the sternum (breastbone) sinks inward; sometimes called "funnel chest."

Mental retardation may be caused by an inherited abnormality of the genes, such as fragile X syndrome.

Down syndrome is caused by an abnormality in the development of chromosome 21.

Turner syndrome-A chromosome abnormality characterized by short stature and ovarian failure caused by an absent X chromosome.

If the abnormality is discovered before the birth, the obstetrician can help the parents decide what steps should be taken, and parents can begin to plan to meet the special needs their child will have.

Any abnormality in chromosomes or sex hormones, or in the unborn baby's response to the hormones, can lead to an intersex state in a newborn.

Chiari II anomaly-A structural abnormality of the lower portion of the brain (cerebellum and brainstem) associated with spina bifida.

People who have idiopathic type 1 diabetes also experience beta cell destruction, but it is due to a chromosomal abnormality or an unknown cause rather than any autoimmune process.

Turner syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality occurring only in females in whom one of the X chromosomes is missing or defective.

Very little is known about the cause or origin of specific language impairment, although evidence is growing that the underlying condition may be a form of brain abnormality.

However, any such brain abnormality is not readily apparent with existing diagnostic technologies.

An abnormality in structure or wiring is sometimes hereditary but is most often due to chance or some unknown cause.

The possible role genetics plays in a particular brain abnormality depends to some degree on the type of anomaly and the form of CP it causes.

Spina bifida is a birth abnormality in which the spine is malformed and lacks its usual protective skeletal and soft tissue coverings.

Spina bifida is usually readily apparent at birth because of the malformation of the back and paralysis below the level of the abnormality.

A related term, spina bifida occulta, indicates that one or more of the bony bodies in the spine are incompletely hardened, but that there is no abnormality of the spinal cord itself.

Spina bifida may occur as an isolated abnormality or in the company of other malformations.

Hirschsprung's disease, also known as congenital megacolon or aganglionic megacolon, is an abnormality in which certain nerve fibers are absent in segments of the bowel, resulting in severe bowel obstruction.

Research is ongoing in a hope that there will one day be a blood test that will be able to identify fetal cells to determine the presence of genetic abnormality without the need for an invasive procedure that carries undesirable risk.

As a rule, whenever we find the parts of one whorl superposed on those of another we may suspect some abnormality.

The symmetry in the flower is evidently dimerous, and the abnormality in the androecium, where the four long stamens are opposite the posterior sepals, takes place by a splitting, at a very early stage of development, of a single outgrowth into two.

An MRI scan can detect an abnormality in 80 per cent of people with epilepsy undergoing the test.

Life has been smart to focus on the issue of abortion for fetal abnormality.

Testing for fetal abnormality is now routine during pregnancy.

Her metabolic abnormality was purely incidental, detected on " blind routine biochemistry " .

Appropriate drug choices need to be made based upon the particular lipid abnormality to be treated.

Those who oppose abortion for fetal abnormality have been allowed to assume the moral high ground in the discussion.

Common features include dystonia (an abnormality in muscle tone ), muscular rigidity, and sudden involuntary muscle spasms (spasticity ).

The idea that abortion for abnormality represents discrimination against the disabled also elides the difference between fetal life, and our respect for persons.

In men, smoking levels affect spermatogenesis (sperm development ), sperm morphology (abnormality) and sperm mobility.

Just as Nitzsch had laboured under the disadvantage of never having any example of the abnormal Passeres of the New World to dissect, and, therefore, was wholly ignorant of their abnormality, so Muller never succeeded in getting hold of an example of the genus Pitta for the same purpose, and yet, acting on the clue furnished by Keyserling and Blasius, he did not hesitate to predict that it would be found to fill one of the gaps he had to leave, and this to some extent it has been since proved to do.

Congenital scoliosis is a result of a bone abnormality present at birth.

In relation to selective termination for fetal abnormality this point is especially important.

I'm afraid that no one will ever date me, because of this terrible skin abnormality that makes me so red.

Another probable cause of SIDS is a brain stem abnormality.

A 2006 research study discovered that many babies who have died of SIDS have this abnormality.

More research is needed, but scientists think that the abnormality affects the brain's ability to properly use serotonin.

Your vet may want to run further tests to see if the problem is caused by some abnormality or a tumor of some sort.

Your vet will check her breasts for any signs of an abnormality, and decide if any treatment is necessary.

Another potential cause is an abnormality in the structure of certain portions of the brain.

In these children, the only abnormality is an enlarged head.

More commonly, the abnormality appears as a localized mass on the back that is covered by skin or by the meninges, the three-layered membrane that envelops the spinal cord.

As an isolated abnormality, spina bifida is caused by the combination of genetic factors and environmental influences that bring about malformation of the spine and spinal column.

Recurrence may be for spina bifida or another type of spinal abnormality.

More commonly, the spine abnormality appears as a mass on the back covered by membrane (meninges) or skin.

As a rule, the nerves below the level of the abnormality develop in a faulty manner and fail to function, resulting in paralysis and loss of sensation below the level of the spine malformation.

Paralysis below the level of the abnormality and fluid on the brain (hydrocephaly) may contribute to the diagnosis.

Because of weakness or paralysis below the level of the spine abnormality, most children require physical therapy, bracing, and other orthopedic assistance in order to be able to walk.

Hypospadias-A congenital abnormality of the penis in which the urethral opening is located on the underside of the penis rather than at its tip.

A head CT scan or CT of the ear may show a fluid-filled middle ear and an abnormality in the mastoid bone.

Very little is known about the cause or origin of specific language impairment, although evidence in the early 2000s is growing that the underlying condition may be a form of brain abnormality.

Any such brain abnormality, however, is not readily apparent with existing diagnostic technologies.

Imaging studies are not helpful in diagnosing narcolepsy, although in some cases the doctor may order an MRI or CT scan to rule out a brain tumor or other abnormality in brain structure.

In some cases when a structural abnormality is suspected, x rays may be performed.

In peroxisomal single-enzyme disorders, the peroxisome is intact and functioning, but there is a defect in only one enzymatic process, with only one corresponding biochemical abnormality.

As of 2004, imaging studies were not routinely performed on children or adolescents with tics unless the doctor suspects a brain injury, infection, or structural abnormality.

The degree of abnormality must be gauged within the context of the child's age and developmental level.

Approximately 5 to 8 percent of individuals with retinoblastoma possess a chromosomal abnormality involving the RB1 gene that can be detected by looking at their chromosomes under the microscope.

If this type of chromosomal abnormality is detected in a child, then analysis of the parents' chromosomes should be performed.

If one of the parents possesses a chromosomal abnormality, then they are at higher risk for having other offspring with retinoblastoma.

Chromosome testing would be recommended for the blood relatives of the parent with the abnormality.

Usually, however, a chromosomal abnormality is not detected in a child with retinoblastoma.

An amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling can be used to obtain fetal cells which can be analyzed for the RB1 gene change/deletion or chromosomal abnormality.

If there is no anatomic abnormality of the bone, this is not true clubfoot, and the problem can usually be corrected by applying special braces or casts to straighten the foot.

Since the condition starts in the first trimester of pregnancy, the abnormality is quite well established at birth, and the foot is often very rigid.

At birth, the newborn's numerous malformations indicate a possible chromosomal abnormality.

When DIC occurs, the individual bleeds abnormally even though there is no history of coagulation abnormality.

The rate of infection is greater for those with congenital bladder anomalies, since any abnormality in the urinary system predisposes it to invasion by bacteria.

In OI, the genetic abnormality causes one of two things to occur.

In some cases, a child with no physical abnormality will develop a lisp.

Although congenital (present at birth) deafness is the rarest form of deafness, it is the most common congenital abnormality in newborns.

In statistics it also refers to the rate at which a disease or abnormality occurs.

This abnormality may explain why many PKU patients who receive sufficient dietary tyrosine still experience some form of learning disability.

However, most persons with this abnormality are asymptomatic.

Clinical studies show a familial tendency toward hip dysplasia with a greater chance of this hip abnormality in the first born compared to the second or third child.

Primary dysmenorrhea involves no abnormality.

These levels can indicate whether there may be an abnormality in the unborn child.

Acromegaly is a disease in which an abnormality in the pituitary gland leads to an oversecretion of growth hormone.

In adults, this condition results in an enlargement of bones; in children, the abnormality results in excessive height and is called gigantism.

When the abnormality occurs after bone growth stops, i.e. in adults, the disorder is called acromegaly.

Hypothyroidism may also be caused by an abnormality of the immune system that results in damage and destruction of the thyroid gland (Hashimoto's thyroiditis).

These types of defects include spinal column defects (spina bifida) and anencephaly (a severe and usually fatal brain abnormality).

Down syndrome is a condition that includes mental retardation and a distinctive physical appearance linked to an abnormality of chromosome 21 (called trisomy 21).

Sometimes the abnormality is inherited from one or both parents; in other cases, the defect occurs because of an error in prenatal development.

In order for a child to inherit an autosomal recessive abnormality, both parents have to be carriers of the abnormal gene.

Apert syndrome-A craniofacial abnormality characterized by abnormal head shape, small upper jaw, and fusion of fingers and toes.

Meckel's diverticulum-A congenital abnormality of the digestive tract consisting of a small pouch off the wall of the small bowel that was not reabsorbed before birth.

If there is an abnormality in either the development or function of B lymphocytes, the ability to make antibodies will be impaired.

Unless the child has a misaligned eye or other obvious abnormality, there is often no way for parents to tell that something is wrong.

Von Willebrand disease is caused by a deficiency or an abnormality in a protein called von Willebrand factor and is characterized by prolonged bleeding.

A deficiency or abnormality in vWF can interfere with the formation of the temporary platelet plug and affect the normal survival of factor VIII.

Another proposed cause for Chiari malformation is an abnormality in bone development.

Most cases of Angelman's syndrome can be traced to a genetic abnormality inherited from a maternal chromosome (15).

It differs from primary dysmenorrheal in that the pain is caused by an abnormality or disease of the uterus, tubes, or ovaries.

For example, about 10 percent of children with the disease have Down syndrome (the most common chromosome abnormality).

Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital abnormality that has no known means of prevention.

Although as of 2004 the cause remains unknown, Reye's syndrome appears to be linked to an abnormality in the energy-converting structures (mitochondria) within the body's cells.

Hypogonadism most often shows up as an abnormality in boys during puberty.

Screening tests tend to be less invasive and indicate the possibility of a certain genetic disorder or birth defect but do not determine with certainty that the abnormality exists.

Because the symptoms caused by the chromosomal abnormality vary somewhat from child to child, the syndrome probably occurs much more often than was previously thought.

Maternal uniparental disomy-A chromosome abnormality in which both chromosomes in a pair are inherited from one's mother.

Uniparental disomy-Chromosome abnormality in which both chromosomes in a pair are inherited from the same parent.

An abnormality, or deficiency, of any of the types of cones will result in abnormal color vision.

Most color vision deficient persons compensate well for their abnormality and usually rely on color cues and details that are not consciously evident to persons with typical color vision.

If your amniocentesis comes back with an abnormality, the doctor can do further testing to find out exactly what is wrong with the baby.

The amount of fluid behind the baby's neck may indicate an increased risk for a chromosomal abnormality.

Any abnormality in the structure, function, or metabolism of an infant at birth can be defined as a birth defect.

An individual experiencing any sort of digestive abnormality should always try to identify illness trigger factors.

Because it is a definite genetic abnormality, it is completely possible for anyone, male, female, adult or child to be tested for the Fragile X gene.

Modern MRI will frequently reveal the abnormality underlying the epilepsy.

It is the author's experience also that where a wine displays some abnormality as regards one or more constituents, that although it may be sound, it is rarely a wine of the highest class.