Teratology
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In contemporary usage, the term teratology generally refers to disfiguring birth defects or malformations. Another term for this is dysmorphology, meaning "the study of abnormal form."
See also
- Carcinogen
- Congenital abnormalities
- Mutagen
- Summa izbu - a set of Mesopotamian omen texts about teratology.
- Miles Vorkosigan, a fictional character affected by a teratogenic agent before birth
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