abnormality (abnormal it i)

[ The recognition of the abnormality of his state was in this case, at any rate, a ured, Mind, IX. 112. 2. That which is abnormal; that which is characterized by deviation from a standard, rule, or type; an abnormal feature. The word [vice], in its true and original meaning, signifies a fault, an abnormality . Pop. Sci . Mo., XXVI. 234. A single [human] body presented the extraordinary number of twenty-five distinct abnormalities . Darwin, Descent of Man, I. 105. 3. In the Rom . Cath . Ch., the wine and water which after communion are separately poured into the chalice over the thumb and index- finger of the officiating priest, who drinks this ablution before going on with the closing prayers.-4t. In chem., the purification of abnormally (ab-normal-i), adv . In an ab- bodies by the affusion of a proper liquor, as water to di olve salts.-5. In med ., the wash- ing of the body externally, as by baths, or internally, by diluent fluids.-6. The water used in cleansing. IMG:content-0066.png:[blocks in formation]