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The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism
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teratology
Word definitions for teratology in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Teratology \Ter`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a wonder, monster + -logy: cf. Gr. ? a telling of wonders, and F. t['e]ratologie.] That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context medicine English) The study of teratogenesis, congenital malformations or grossly deformed individuals. 2 (context toxicology English) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations. 3 (context ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development. It is often thought of as the study of human congenital abnormalities , but it is broader than that, taking into account other non-birth developmental stages, including puberty ; and ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"study of marvels and monstrosities," 1842, from terato- + -logy . Earlier it meant "marvelous narrative" (1670s), from Greek teratologia "a telling of marvels." Related: Teratological ; teratologist .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism
Usage examples of teratology.
For further information, the reader is referred to the authors cited or to any of the standard treatises on teratology.
He shrugged and ambled back toward the laboratory, pondering morphology, teratology, and a case where monstra per defectum could coexist with monstra per fabricam alienam.