teratology

The biological study of birth defects.

Narration of what is marvelous or prodigious; exaggeration in description.

In anat., zoöl., and botany, the science of animal or vegetable monstrosities; that department of biology which treats of malformations, or monstrous or abnormal growths, in the animal or the vegetable kingdom.

That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.

Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

The study of teratogenesis, congenital malformations or grossly deformed individuals.

The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.

Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism