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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.
It covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology.
The discussion of this matter, however, pertains rather to normal morphology than to teratology.
One may say, then, that a being possessing both arms and wings is a monster and belongs to the department of teratology.
The spectrum of malformations that occurred was similar to that present in the rat teratology study.
Be this as it may, teratology owes a very large number of its records to this class of observers.

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