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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As it is applied solely for teratological purposes, the ordinary acceptation of the term, as nearly synonymous with "development," is not interfered with.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
The artificial production of teratological cases had its rules.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
It is not necessary, in this place, to pursue the subject of the development and construction of the leaf further than they are illustrated by ordinary teratological phenomena.
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
