Usually means: Abnormality or anomaly in development.
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  1. teratism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. teratism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. teratism: Wordnik
  4. teratism: Wiktionary
  5. teratism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. teratism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. teratism: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. teratism: Dictionary.com
  9. teratism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. teratism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ noun:  (pathology) Any severe congenital malformation

Similar:
hemiteras, malformation, teratozoospermia, tetanism, camptomelia, dysencephalia, peromelia, anomalad, birth defect, congenital disorder, more...

Types:
polycephaly, dicephalus, syncephalus, craniopagus, rachipagus, ischiopagus, more...

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Similar:
hemiteras, malformation, teratozoospermia, tetanism, camptomelia, dysencephalia, peromelia, anomalad, birth defect, congenital disorder, more...

Types:
polycephaly, dicephalus, syncephalus, craniopagus, rachipagus, ischiopagus, more...



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