Uterine fibroids develop from normal uterus muscle cells that start growing abnormally.
Breast cancer occurs when cells in the breast grow abnormally.
The vessels can grow abnormally inside the eye, scar the retina and pull it out of place, leading to a detachment.
Moles that change are said to be "dysplastic," the medical term for growing abnormally.
In some cases, the front teeth are in at birth or molars grow abnormally from normal jaws.
Robert Wadlow was normal at birth but started growing abnormally when he was two, after a double hernia operation.
But he said the researchers needed to determine which nutrients, and in what amounts, to feed to the fish so that they do not grow abnormally.
As the name implies, it has the symptom of making the top leaves of the plant wrinkle up and grow abnormally.
The other 20 percent have a more serious type called the "wet" form in which blood vessels beneath the macula grow abnormally.
Instead of going about their normal business, our cells start growing abnormally, negatively affecting our tissues.