Teratology: Difference between revisions

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Wikipedia: Teratology

From the prefix terato- + the suffix -logy. Ultimately from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

teratology (usually uncountable)

(medicine) The study of congenital abnormalities and malformations, including their development, causes, and biological mechanisms.
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(toxicology) The study of the mechanisms and teratogenic agents (or teratogens) involved in producing malformations.
Example of Famous Teratogen

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 # (medicine) The study of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/congenital congenital] [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abnormality abnormalities] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malformation malformations], including their development, causes, and biological mechanisms.
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 # (toxicology) The study of the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mechanism mechanisms] and [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teratogenic teratogenic] agents (or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teratogen teratogens]) involved in producing malformations.
+#: '''Example of Famous Teratogen'''
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-'''Teratology explanation'''
+# (mythology, fiction) The study or cataloging of [[monster]]s.
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+#: '''Examples in Popular Culture'''
+#: * [https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki Supernatural Wiki]
-# The study or cataloging of [[monster]]s.
+#: * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files The X-Files]
+#: * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval_(TV_series) Primeval]
-* [https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki Supernatural Wiki]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files The X-Files]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval_(TV_series) Primeval (TV series)]
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