Irregular
Encyclopedia
Something that is irregular does not follow the expected pattern. The term is used in many different fields, with quite different meanings.
Canon Law
- An Irregularity is a Canonical impedimentCanonical impedimentIn the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, a canonical impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders...
for the Catholic PriesthoodPriesthood (Catholic Church)The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....
or exercising OrdersHoly Orders (Catholic Church)Holy Orders in the Catholic Church includes three orders: bishop, priest, and deacon. The Church regards ordination as a Sacrament. In the phrase "Holy Orders", the word "holy" simply means "set apart for some purpose." The word order designates an established civil body or corporation with a...
already received.
Medicine
- Irregular boneIrregular boneThe irregular bones are bones which, from their peculiar form, cannot be grouped as long bone, short bone, flat bone or sesamoid bone. Irregular bones serve various purposes in the body, such as protection of nervous tissue , affording multiple anchor points for skeletal muscle attachment , and...
- Irregular heartbeat
- ConstipationConstipationConstipation refers to bowel movements that are infrequent or hard to pass. Constipation is a common cause of painful defecation...
, also called "irregularity" - Irregular menstrual cycle
See also
- Anomaly (disambiguation)
- Baker Street IrregularsBaker Street IrregularsThe Baker Street Irregulars are any of several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories in which they are a gang of young street children whom Holmes often employs to aid his cases.- Original :...
- Irregular Webcomic!Irregular Webcomic!Irregular Webcomic! is a webcomic created by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian physicist. The comic is illustrated photographically, primarily with Lego figures, although a few of the story arcs use role playing game miniatures. The comic debuted on 31 December 2002 and ended on 29 October 2011,...
- Maverick (Mega Man)
- Regular (disambiguation)