noun
- Plural of lusus; a freak of nature or an unusual or abnormal occurrence, especially in biology or medicine.
Usage: Latin origin; formal or technical; rare in modern usage
Examples
- The museum displayed several lususes from the natural world, including a two-headed specimen.
- Medical textbooks often document lususes as case studies of unusual developmental conditions.
- Biologists study lususes to better understand genetic variation and mutation.
- The garden produced several lususes among the otherwise uniform crop of vegetables.