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teratology


Definition of teratology

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1 Medicine & Biology the scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations: he has made a long study of teratology [count noun]: figurativethe teratologies of human corruption
  • 2mythology relating to fantastic creatures and monsters.

Derivatives

teratological


adjective

teratologist

noun

teratology in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of teratology in the US English dictionary