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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. [1913 Webster]
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