Usually means: Study of abnormalities in development.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word teratology:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. teratology: Merriam-Webster
  2. teratology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. teratology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. teratology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. teratology: Vocabulary.com
  6. Teratology, teratology: Wordnik
  7. teratology: Wiktionary
  8. teratology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. teratology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. teratology: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. teratology: Dictionary.com
  12. teratology: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Teratology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Teratology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. teratology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. teratology: Rhymezone
  17. Teratology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. teratology: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. teratology: FreeDictionary.org
  20. teratology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. teratology: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. teratology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. teratology: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. teratology: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  6. teratology: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (teratology)

noun:  (medicine) The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.
noun:  (toxicology) The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.
noun:  The study or cataloging of monsters.

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