Disciplines and Occupations

Teratology

A branch of embryology for the study of congenital malformations and developmental abnormalities.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A branch of embryology for the study of congenital malformations and developmental abnormalities.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Teratologies

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline only (education, history, etc); corresponding disease term is CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES or specifics; for "monsters" in the historical literature, use ABNORMALITIES, SEVERE TERATOID

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History Note

95

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  1. H01w.158w.100w.529w.500w
  2. H01w.158w.273w.200w.350w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Teratology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018600. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018600
  2. Teratology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratology
  3. Teratology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q631521