"teratology" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-teratology.wav Forms: teratologies [plural]
Etymology: From terato- + -logy, from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|terato-|-logy}} terato- + -logy, {{derived|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{affix|grc|τέρας|-λογία|nocat=1|t1=monster|t2=study of}} τέρας (téras, “monster”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} teratology (countable and uncountable, plural teratologies)
  1. (medicine) The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations ((medicine) study of congenital malformations): teratologia (Finnish), tératologie [feminine] (French), teratoloxía [feminine] (Galician), teratologia [feminine] (Italian), anchroo-oaylleeaght [feminine] (Manx), teratologia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-teratology-en-noun-qlmOWMcw Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine) study of congenital malformations': 64 30 7
  2. (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Toxicology, Teratology Translations ((toxicology) study of the mechanisms in bringing about malformations.): tératologie [feminine] (French), teratologia [feminine] (Italian), anchroo-oaylleeaght [feminine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-teratology-en-noun-fYIdDzph Disambiguation of Teratology: 25 70 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with terato-, English terms suffixed with -logy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with terato-: 25 43 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 31 52 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 55 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 57 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 56 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 58 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 33 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 54 13 Topics: medicine, sciences, toxicology Disambiguation of '(toxicology) study of the mechanisms in bringing about malformations.': 21 73 7
  3. The study or cataloging of monsters. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-teratology-en-noun-XnhSdfO-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: teratological, teratologist Related terms: teratogen, teratogenesis, teratogenetic, teratogenicity, teratogeny

Inflected forms

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