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Definition of Teratology
1. Noun. The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism.
Definition of Teratology
1. n. That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
Definition of Teratology
1. Noun. (medicine) The study of teratogenesis, congenital malformations or grossly deformed individuals. ¹
2. Noun. (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) Affectation of sublimity; bombast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Teratology
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Medical Definition of Teratology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Teratology
Literary usage of Teratology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Experimental teratology, as presented by Fischl, illuminates the principles of
embryogenesis, but points out how teratomas may develop rather than ..."
2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"A work on monsters in Dutch and Latin, by W. Vrolik, is one of the most complete
manuals on teratology (Amsterdam, 1840-'4'2; now ed., fol., with 100 plates ..."
3. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"At the same time the writer has given these chapters to the subject in order to
emphasise the close connection between Embryology and teratology, ..."
4. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould (1898)
"From the appearance of the treatise by Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, teratology has
made enormous strides, and is to-day well on the road to becoming a science, ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Many vestiges of the ancient city have been discovered on the site of Teramo.
teratology (Gr. r(/>aç, a wonder or monster, and ? ..."
6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"INSTANCE OF teratology IN THE BRINJAL OR EGG-PLANT ... THIS form of teratology
is not common. The pistil—the part of the flower which develops into fruit—is ..."
7. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"EBB teratology IN CALIFORNIA TREES. Comparatively few cases of teratology in our
native trees have been observed, or at least recorded. ..."
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