English
Adjective
en-adj
- medicine monster|Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.
Related terms
teratoma
Noun
en-noun
- medicine An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma.
#*1903, ''Encyclopaedia Medica'' vol. 13, page 138:
#:In each of these divisions there are subdivisions, according as the parasite consists of a more or less recognisable f�tus, or only of a mass of f�tal tissue (teratomata, teratoids, dermoids).
#*2005, Richard A. Bordow, Andrew L. Ries, Timothy A. Morris, ''Manual of Clinical Problems in Pulmonary Medicine'', 6th edition, page 610:
#:They can be divided into dermoids (only an epithelial layer present) and teratoids (all three germ layers present).
- literature A mutant.
#*2002, Lance Olsen, "Omniphage: Rock 'n' Roll and Avant-Pop Science Fiction", in Edging Into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation 1, ISBN 0812218043, page 51:
#:I wanted to explore how at the launch of a new millennium many people were beginning to feel like teratoids in the global commodity exchange.
#*2002, Aiko Ito and Graeme Wilson, translators, Natsume Soseki, I Am a Cat vol. 2, ISBN 080483265X, page 345:
#:The objects floating in the bath and lazing about on the bathroom's floor are all monsters, teratoids dehumanized by the husking of their clothes.
#*2007, Geoffrey Verdegast, Of Staves and Sigmas: Souls of Ergos Book One 2, ISBN 1598582925, page 67:
#:He had little time, however, to ponder his lack of reflex, for new incident forced his attention back to the ridge where the four teratoids had first broken from cover.
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