teratology
noun
the science or study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in organisms.
teratological
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a word derived from
teratology.
Example Sentences
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A very large number of communications on teratological subjects in the various European scientific publications have also been laid under contribution.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Among men, arithmetical prodigies are looked upon as monsters, as a sort of extremely rare teratological phenomenon.
From The Unknown Guest by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
When he examines the living forms he is of course unable to say whether actually existing savage institutions are in the main line of human progress or merely bye-paths embryological or teratological.
From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Northcote Whitridge Thomas
Such teratological conditions are however by no means always pathological: that is to say, they may be variations which do not threaten the existence of the plant.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
Considered from a teratological point of view, there is no reason for considering the inferior ovary to be purely axial.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
