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• acardia go
  congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)
  
• acephalia, acephaly, acephalism go
  absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)
  
• acorea go
  absence of the pupil in an eye
  
• acromicria, acromikria go
  abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes)
  
• acromphalus go
  abnormal protrusion of the navel
  
• amastia go
  absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect)
  
• aneuploidy go
  an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
  
• anorchism, anorchidism, anorchia go
  absence of one of both testes
  
• obliquity, asynclitism go
  the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
  
• atresia go
  an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent
  
• brachydactyly, brachydactylia go
  abnormal shortness of fingers and toes
  
• cryptorchidy, cryptorchidism, cryptorchism go
  failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops
  
• deviated septum go
  abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
  
• dextrocardia go
  abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest
  
• ectrodactyly go
  congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes
  
• erethism go
  an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity to stimulation of an organ or body part
  
• fetal distress, foetal distress go
  an abnormal condition of a fetus
  
• hepatomegaly, megalohepatia go
  abnormal enlargement of the liver
  
• inversion go
  abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)
  
• transposition, heterotaxy go
  any abnormal position of the organs of the body
  
• pneumothorax go
  abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung
  
• macrencephaly go
  an abnormally large braincase
  
• hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy go
  an abnormality during pregnancy
  
• hydramnios go
  an abnormality of pregnancy
  
• hypervitaminosis go
  an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively
  
• hypospadias go
  an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis
  
• lagophthalmos go
  abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely
  
• mental abnormality go
  any abnormality of mental function
  
• nanophthalmos go
  condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal
  
• palmature go
  an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed
  
• dysplasia go
  abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth
  
• hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly go
  an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain
  
• abrachia go
  the condition of having no arms
  
• progeria go
  a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child
  
• atypicality, untypicality go
  any state that is not typical
  
• regression, fixation, arrested development, infantile fixation go
  an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
  
• deviance, aberration, aberrance, aberrancy go
  a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  
• cyclopia go
  a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye
  
• spinal curvature go
  an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column
  
• subnormality go
  the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)
  
• anomaly, anomalousness go
  deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
  
• gynecomastia go
  excessive development of the breasts in males
  
• infantilism go
  an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
  
• macrocephaly, megacephaly, megalocephaly go
  an abnormally large head
  
• microbrachia go
  abnormally small arms
  
• microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephaly go
  an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
  
• pachycheilia go
  an abnormal thickness of the lips
  
• phimosis go
  an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans
  
• irritation go
  (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
  
• retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion go
  a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
  
• sequela go
  any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment
  
• squint, strabismus go
  abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
  
• wryneck, torticollis go
  an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
  
• varix go
  abnormally enlarged or twisted blood vessel or lymphatic vessel