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.

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 '''teratology''' (usually uncountable)
-# (medicine) The study of [[congenital]] [[abnormality|abnormalities]] and [[malformation]]s, including their development, causes, and biological mechanisms.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/congenital-abnormalities Oxford University Press – “Congenital Abnormalities”]</ref>
+# (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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