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ABERRANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("aberrant" is a kind of...):

anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)

Derivation:

aberrant (markedly different from an accepted norm)

aberrate (diverge from the expected)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Markedly different from an accepted norm

Example:

deviant ideas

Synonyms:

aberrant; deviant; deviate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

abnormal; unnatural (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm)

Derivation:

aberrance; aberrancy (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)

aberrant (one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group)

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 Context examples: 

In newition to the immune protection that monocytes provide, they may contribute to disease states such as arthritis and heart disease through an aberrant immune response.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

mRNA Surveillance works within elaborate cellular mechanisms to ensure accurate gene expression by assessing suitable mRNA quality for translation and prevents the synthesis of truncated or aberrant proteins.

(mRNA Surveillance, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Frequency of the aberrant motor behavior.

(NPI - Aberrant Motor Behavior Frequency, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Severity of the aberrant motor behavior.

(NPI - Aberrant Motor Behavior Severity, NCI Thesaurus)

Rearrangement of the PDGFRB gene, resulting in the formation of a fusion transcript and aberrant tyrosine kinase activity.

(PDGFRB Gene Rearrangement, NCI Thesaurus)

Rearrangement of the PDGFRA gene, resulting in the formation of a fusion transcript and aberrant tyrosine kinase activity.

(PDGFRA Gene Rearrangement, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant gene expression is associated with type 2 diabetes and ovarian cancer.

(PEA15 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant alterations in this region generate variant alleles that are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancer.

(PHLDA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant expression of the gene may be associated with glioma.

(PLAGL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Aberrant expression of the M2 isoform of the gene may be involved in the regulation of cancer cell growth and proliferation.

(PKM2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)