Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Teratology \Ter`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a wonder, monster +
-logy: cf. Gr. ? a telling of wonders, and F.
t['e]ratologie.]
1. That branch of biological science which treats of
monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the
normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.
[1913 Webster]
2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
teratology
n 1: the branch of biology concerned with the development of
malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of
organism
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "teratology":
bowlegs, camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, crookback, defacement,
deformation, deformity, disfigurement, flatfoot, freakishness,
harelip, humpback, hunchback, knock-knee, kyphosis, lordosis,
malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape,
monstrosity, mutilation, splayfoot, swayback, talipes, torticollis,
truncation, valgus, wryneck