teratology

teratology
The branch of science concerned with the production, development, anatomy, and classification of malformed conceptuses. SEE ALSO: dysmorphology. [terato- + G. logos, study]

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ter·a·tol·o·gy .ter-ə-'täl-ə-jē n, pl -gies the study of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type in organisms

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n.
the study of developmental abnormalities and their causes.

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ter·a·tol·o·gy (ter″ə-tolґə-je) the branch of embryology and pathology which deals with abnormal development and the production of congenital anomalies. teratologic, teratological adj

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