abnormal

abnormal

Many languages have mechanisms for reporting abnormal situations that arise at runtime.

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Specifically, early processing biases are likely to be altered, probably resulting in the development of abnormal patterns of interregional specialization.

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On cardiac examination, an abnormal four-chamber view was detected, mainly due to dilation of the right atrium.

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The analysis concludes that the market behaves ‘ ‘ semi-efficiently’ ‘, partly but not fully taking into account abnormal assumptions.

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In addition to its abnormal position, the tongue behaves differently.

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The latter sample is abnormal for several elements, and was evidently the most strongly affected by cumulate processes.

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Three of the babies were adopted and the social circumstances were very abnormal in three of the remaining nine.

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Such socially deprived monkeys have (not surprisingly) exhibited severely abnormal behavior and vocal calls.

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Flow in die descending aorta was abnormal, with retrograde flow in diastole at die level of the diaphragm.

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We consider this unsuccessful development of reconstituted eggs to be due mainly to abnormal spindle formation and/or unequal distribution of chromatids, as described above.

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Two abnormal systemic vessels supplying the sequestered lower part of the right lung were embolized using catheter-inserted coils.

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Eight of these specimens were in pre-implantation stages and four of these were grossly abnormal and presumably non-viable.

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Thus, regional brain maturation is most likely abnormal in autism, but this abnormality is compounded by experientially based abnormality.

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Increased risk because of arrhythmias, sluggish blood flow in abnormal circulation and metallic prosthetic valves.

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