| 单词 |
teratology |
| 释义 |
teratology|tɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. τέρας, τερατ- a marvel, prodigy, monster + -logy. So F. tératologie (Littré).]
1. A discourse or narrative concerning prodigies; a marvellous tale, or collection of such tales.
1678Phillips (ed. 4), Teratology, a discourse of prodigies and wonders. 1727Bailey Vol. II, Teratology..is when bold Writers, fond of the sublime, intermix something great and prodigious in every Thing they write, whether there be Foundation for it in Reason or not, and this is what is call'd Bombast. [Hence1755Johnson, Teratology, bombast, affectation of false sublimity.] 1856C. J. Ellicott in Cambr. Ess. 158 The aimless fables and teratologies of Thomas the Israelite or the Gospels of the Infancy. 1884Blackmore Tommy Upm. II. 104 Big enough to exhaust even his teratology.
2. Biol. The study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in animals or plants.
1842in Brande Dict. Sc., etc. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Teratology..name given by M. J. Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, to the study or consideration of monsters, or anomalies of organization. 1869M. T. Masters (title) Vegetable Teratology. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1643 Almost the whole of embryonic pathology is..included within the limits of teratology. |
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