Teratology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Teratology is a noun meaning (medicine) The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.
Meaning
(medicine) The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.
More Meanings
- (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.
- The study or cataloging of monsters.
Example Sentences
In this way, this analysis has aimed at expanding gaga feminism by undertaking a critical teratology, that is, of course, the study of monsters
...I would identify a more recent and widespread tendency to remove evil from the realm of a properly human interpretation: what I call a postmodern teratology of the sublime.
Miranda Francus notes that in the West, the image of the fecund female has often been associated with monstrosity: 'misogyny and teratology have always met in the image of the maternal monster'.
Despite being productive in embodying and critiquing human problems, however, the incorporation of the cyborg into teratology overlooks one important aspect that distinguishes this cybernetic creature from the rest of the monster phylum: we are able to choose how to fabricate and use the cyborg.
Word Forms
- teratologies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tocology, tokology, somatology, fetology, tocologist, tenontology.
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