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Abnormal vs Hypertonia - What's the difference?

abnormal | hypertonia |

As nouns the difference between abnormal and hypertonia

is that abnormal is a person or object that is not normal while hypertonia is (medicine) an abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.

As an adjective abnormal

is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .

abnormal

English

Alternative forms

* anormal * (obsolete) abnormous

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
  • * 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
    • And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
  • Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
  • * 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
    • Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

    Synonyms

    * aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that is not normal.

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    hypertonia

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hypertonia)
  • (medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy.
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