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What does teratology mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) The study of teratogenesis, congenital malformations or grossly deformed individuals.
  2. (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.
  3. The study or cataloging of monsters.
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In any case this formation in question generally belongs more to general morphology than to teratology.
The discussion of this matter, however, pertains rather to normal morphology than to teratology.
Discredit has been cast on teratology because it has been incautiously used.
Genomics is unlikely to be of use in teratology studies because of the rapid rate of change in the developing organism.
The spectrum of malformations that occurred was similar to that present in the rat teratology study.
It is also forging links with medically oriented areas of developmental biology such as teratology and endocrine disruption.

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