teratology
Americannoun
noun
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the branch of medical science concerned with the development of physical abnormalities during the fetal or early embryonic stage
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the branch of biology that is concerned with the structure, development, etc, of monsters
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a collection of tales about mythical or fantastic creatures, monsters, etc
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Origin of teratology
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He was not so convinced as Cuvier was of the all-importance of functional correlation; in this view he was probably confirmed by his work on teratology.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Already teratology has done much towards showing the erroneous nature of many morphological statements that still pass current in our text-books, though their fallacy has been demonstrated again and again.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Thus, by reducing the penal problem to its simplest expression, its solution was rendered easier, just as the study of embryology has in a great measure solved the apparently strange and mysterious riddle of teratology.
From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina
Thus, teratology often serves as an aid in the study of morphology in general, and also in that of special groups of plants, and hence may even be of assistance in the determination of affinities.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Teratology and classification.—Lastly, there remain to be mentioned the bearings of teratology on systematic botany.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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