The phrase "abnormal amount" refers to a quantity or number that is unusual, strange, or different from what is considered normal or typical. Full definition
The most common disease in which glycogen metabolism becomes abnormal is diabetes, in which, because of abnormal amounts of insulin, liver glycogen can be abnormally accumulated or depleted. (sciencedaily.com)
The team's key discovery was that stem cells lacking an enzyme responsible for pseudouridine modification of RNA, known as PUS7, produce abnormal amounts of protein. (sciencedaily.com)
In 1914 Boveri observed that sea urchin embryos with abnormal amounts of chromosomal material, a condition called aneuploidy, looked cancerous. (discovermagazine.com)