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The phrase "abnormal word" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a word that deviates from the norm or is unusual in some way.
Example: "The linguist noted that the term 'floccinaucinihilipilification' is an abnormal word rarely used in everyday conversation."
Alternatives: "unusual term" or "irregular word".
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Slope was used as the severity measure as it captures both the overall slowed reading as well as the key defining feature of the disorder, which is an abnormal word length effect.
Using the normalized slope allowed us to focus on areas associated with the abnormal word length effect that defines pure alexia, while avoiding potential spurious correlations between overall reading speed and lesion size.
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An abnormal word-length effect of developmental dyslexia cases was not only observed for latencies of reading aloud responses but also for visual inspection time in eye movement studies [5], [6].
Of specific importance for the behavioral similarity with acquired cases of letter-by-letter (LBL) readers is the abnormal word-length effect shown by the present dyslexic readers in the phonological lexical decision task (i.e., "Does xxx sound like a real word?").
We're also highlighting the ways in which policymakers and pundits normalize Trump's abnormal actions, words, and policies.
According to Gwen Adshead, a British forensic psychotherapist at the Broadmoor Hospital, the question is what is meant by the word "abnormal".
As suggested by the term letter-by-letter reading, the critical manifestation is an abnormal effect of word length, that is, number of letters, on reading time.
In other words, abnormal activation of the NF-κB pathway is closely related to hepatocarcinogenesis [ 13– 15].
Monophobia — Becky had to look up the word — an abnormal fear of being alone.
For example, in the group of middle-aged subjects with normal hearing at tonal audiometry, one can find subjects with either normal or abnormal results on dichotic word recognition tests.
Compared to controls, patients with a left-hemisphere seizure focus recalled fewer words at short and long delays while patients with an abnormal hippocampus recalled fewer words at the long delay.
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