condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

acardia - congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)

acephalia, acephalism, acephaly - absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)

acorea - absence of the pupil in an eye

acromicria, acromikria - abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes)

acromphalus - abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia

amastia - absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect)

aneuploidy - an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)

anorchia, anorchidism, anorchism - absence of one of both testes

asynclitism, obliquity - the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

atresia - an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent

brachydactylia, brachytactyly - abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

cryptorchidism, cryptorchidy, cryptorchism - failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops

deviated septum - abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)

dextrocardia - abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest

ectrodactyly - congenital abnormality involving the absence of some fingers or toes

erethism - an abnormally high degree of irritability or sensitivity or excitability

fetal distress, foetal distress - an abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm

hepatomegaly, megalohepatia - abnormal enlargement of the liver

inversion - 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)

heterotaxy, transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the body

pneumothorax - abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)

macrencephaly - an abnormally large braincase

hydatid mole, hydatidiform mole, molar pregnancy - an abnormality during pregnancy; chorionic villi around an aborting embryo degenerate and form clusters of fluid-filled sacs

hydramnios - an abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluid

hypervitaminosis - an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K

hypospadias - an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis

lagophthalmos - abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely

mental abnormality - any abnormality of mental function

nanophthalmos - condition in which both eyes are abnormally small but otherwise normal

palmature - an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed

dysplasia - abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth

hydrocephalus, hydrocephaly - an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain; in infants it can cause abnormally rapid growth of the head and bulging fontanelles and a small face; in adults the symptoms are primarily neurological

abrachia - the condition of having no arms

progeria - a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (gray hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child

atypicality, untypicality - any state that is not typical

arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance - a state or condition markedly different from the norm