developmental abnormality

collocation in English

meaningsofdevelopmentalandabnormality

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developmental
adjective
uk
/dɪˌvel.əpˈmen.təl/us
/dɪˌvel.əpˈmen.t̬əl/
connected with the development of someone ...
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abnormality
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌæb.nɔːˈmæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌæb.nɔːrˈmæl.ə.t̬i/
something abnormal, usually in ...
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(Definition ofdevelopmentalandabnormalityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An interestingdevelopmentalabnormality, called metaplasia, exhibits the same restricted pathways of aberrant differentiation.
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If scores for all three domains reach specified cutoffs, and if there is evidence ofdevelopmentalabnormality before the age of 36 months, an autism spectrum diagnosis is suggested.
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This type of lymphedema usually develops as a result of adevelopmentalabnormalitybeing precipitated by some insult such as trauma, illness, or physical immobility.
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No obvious developmental abnormalities in the cortex and hippocampus at the light microscopic level are observed.
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We did not establish that this putative genetic vulnerability translated into developmental abnormalities.
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The hitchhiker mutant is characterized by multiple developmental abnormalities, including exencephaly, spina bifida, oedema and polydactyly.
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The trivial developmental lesions and normal growth patterns of developmentally plastic aspects of the skeleton indicate that developmental abnormalities cannot account for the pattern.
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A small number of studies have examined the link between fetal exposure to ergot in the first and second trimesters and anatomical developmental abnormalities.
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Others have found a benefit to phonological processing in autism when compared with semantic processing, and attribute the results to a similardevelopmentalabnormalityto that in savant syndrome.
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Increasing cloning efficiencies requires a better understanding of developmental abnormalities and gene expression in manipulated embryos.
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Thus, it appears that impaired mitochondrial activity and/or an inability to amplify may result in developmental abnormalities or embryonic arrest.
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The proposed nexus of genotype (deletions of chromosome 22qll), embryogenetic mechanism (developmental abnormalities of the cardiac neural crest), and phenotype (congenital heart defects), nonetheless, is based on a syllogistic deduction.
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Some of the most distressing developmental abnormalities of a fetus cannot invariably be diagnosed by 24 weeks.
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In organisms that are normally diploid, polyploidy, the state of having three or more sets of chromosomes, results in extreme developmental abnormalities or lethality.
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A mammal created by parthenogenesis would have double doses of maternally imprinted genes and lack paternally imprinted genes, leading to developmental abnormalities.
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Octopods only have four pairs of sucker-coated arms, as the name suggests, though developmental abnormalities can modify the number of arms expressed.
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If the water temperature rises above, developmental abnormalities occur, and if it falls below, normal development ceases.
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Conjoined twins are the result of developmental abnormalities.
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