Oxford English Dictionary
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Definition of anomaly in English:
noun (plural anomalies)
1Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected: there are a number of anomalies in the present system [with clause]: the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth were the poorest [mass noun]: the position abounds in anomaly
Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anōmalia, from anōmalos (see anomalous).