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abnormal definition

ab·nor·mal (ab nôr′məl, əb-)

adjective

not normal; not average; not typical; not usual; irregular, esp. to a considerable degree

Etymology: earlier anormal < Fr anormal, anomal < LL anomalus < Gr anōmalos (see anomalous) infl. by L abnormis < ab-, from + norma, norm

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