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teratologist|tɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪst|
[f. next + -ist.]
a. One who deals in stories of marvels or prodigies. rare.
b. One versed in teratology (sense 2).
1844London & Edin. Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. IV. 484 Teratologists are now agreed in referring a considerable number of malformations by defect to the occurrence of an interruption..of natural fœtal development. 1882in Ogilvie. 1908Jrnl. Morphol. XIX. 51 Teratologists are inclined to read these facts in favor of the germinal origin of monsters, which may even be hereditary. 1973Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 16 Many distinguished obstetricians, pathologists, paediatricians, teratologists and editors were reluctant to accept my hypothesis that thalidomide did cause abnormalities. |