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aberration(dictionary)
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colour aberration(medicine)
optical aberration(medicine)
spherical aberration(medicine)
ventricular aberration(medicine)

tacnode (iou) and Aberration (health)


tacnode (iou)



tacnode noun. M19.
[from Latin tactus touch + NODE.]
Geometry. = OSCULATION 2(b).

Aberration (health)


(1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal chromosome number or the normal chromosome structure. In this sense, aberration is also synonymous with deflection, departure, divergence, diversion, turning. (2) A mental aberration is a significant deviation from normal mental activity. In this sense, aberration is synonymous with mental derangement, mental illness, psychopathy.