Associations to the word «Teratology»
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Wiktionary
TERATOLOGY, noun. (medicine) The study of teratogenesis, congenital malformations or grossly deformed individuals.
TERATOLOGY, noun. (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.
TERATOLOGY, noun. (obsolete) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Dictionary definition
TERATOLOGY, noun. The branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.