Thursday, May 23, 2013

teratology -- Dad

ter·a·tol·o·gy (tr-tl-j)
n.
The biological study of birth defects.

tera·to·logi·cal (--tl-j-kl) adj.
tera·tolo·gist n.

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As a pediatrician-in-training, Dad probably took a course in Teratology.

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