Medical Dictionary

aberration

noun ab·er·ra·tion \ˌab-ə-ˈrā-shən\

Medical Definition of ABERRATION

1
:  failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image
2
:  unsoundness or disorder of the mind
3
:  an aberrant organ or individual
ab·er·ra·tion·al \-shnəl, -shən-əl\ adjective
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