Category:Teratology

Ter`a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [gr. -logy: cf. Gr. tératologie.]

1. That branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, Malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, Either in plants or animals.

2. Affectation of sublimity; bombast. [obs.] Bailey.