abnormality

I could be an abnormality in my usage of Airbnb. I actually pay about what I'd expect to for a standard hotel room.

The abnormality would present themselves clearly, even to a layman's eyes. I suspect this is what Victor is trying to get at.

The past 40-something years is the historic abnormality. Which will inevitably transform back to the old way.

The latter don't have a physical abnormality, but they still aren't as tall as tall people. The way I'm reading this, you've discovered that yourself and a few of your friends are tall, and now you think the world is divided into tall people and dwarves.

For my vision there are some small tweaks I sometimes make to it but it is generally the most agreeable match to my abnormality I've found in a preset so far.

Historically speaking, wasn't the temporary boost in demand for PhDs after WW2 the abnormality?

I decided not to view information about Alzheimer's and Parkinson's because the abnormality they reveal is a genetic variant that you cannot, like, read crossword puzzles to avert. It's just bad news.

If the fetus doesn’t get enough cholesterol during development, the child may be born with a congenital abnormality called cyclopean eye. Human breast milk provides a lot of cholesterol.

It is desirable to not be perceived as abnormal, because abnormality carries a stigma and being perceived as abnormal often leads to rejection.

A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face...

So generally, everyone gets a CT and then moves on to an MRI if there is an abnormality... or if they fail to find an abnormality when the clinical exam remains abnormal/severe.

Statistical abnormality, what you are using in your comment, is just one, and it alone is insufficient: if we only relied on statistical abnormality, maths geniuses would be just as in need of treatment as those with downs syndrome! So, we must consider other factors, such as distress, social norms, and maladaptivity.

Given his interest in his own genetic data, and his interest in eugenics, it could well just be that he sees himself as less likely to reproduce if doing so would be to pass along a detrimental illness or genetic abnormality.

Most of the tests they end up doing with they spot some kind of abnormality have some risk associated - x-rays increase your risk of cancer, for example, and anything that penetrates the skin carries some statistical risk of infection. Where I live there are companies offering these full-body scan deals, where for an exorbitant amount of money they run your entire body through an MRI machine and then have someone look at the results.

Second, disregarding the subjective distress of the patient is the path towards medicalization of abnormality, just as happened with homosexuality, hysteric personality disorder, etc. .

In fairness, any abnormality defined by evasion of confrontation and dramatic episodes will inevitably attract less attention than the reverse, irrespective of institutional environnment.