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adj
Dealing with the study of production, development, anatomy, and classification of monsters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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adj
Pertaining to deformity, either congenital or resulting from accident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences, teratology
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History
Etymology tree English teratology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English teratologic From teratology + -ic.
Across languages
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