Definition of "teratologic" []

• Dealing with the study of production, development, anatomy, and classification of monsters. (adjective)
• Pertaining to deformity, either congenital or resulting from accident. (adjective)

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• "Classical writings, the literature of the Middle Ages, and the popular beliefs of the present day all contain views concerning teratologic subjects which so closely resemble those of the Chaldean magi as to be indistinguishable from them."
• "In his able article on the teratologic records of Chaldea, Ballantyne 5.1 makes the following trite statements: ` ` Credulity and superstition have never been the peculiar possession of the lower types of civilization only, and the special beliefs that have gathered round the occurrence of teratologic phenomena have been common to the cultured Greek and Roman of the past, the ignorant peasant of modern times, and the savage tribes of all ages."
• "` ` There is, however, one real difficulty in accepting the story handed down to us as authentic, -- the nature of the teratologic phenomenon itself."