teras

Thân thiện

A doctor examines a medical diagram of a teras.

Definition

Noun: 1. (Medicine) A severely and grotesquely malformed fetus, typically not viable for life outside the womb. This term is a specialized medical term for a specific type of congenital abnormality.

Usage Notes

• Technical Term: "Teras" is a highly specialized, formal term used almost exclusively in medical contexts, particularly in teratology (the study of abnormalities of physiological development) and pathology.
• Sensitivity: Due to its clinical and graphic nature, this word is not used in everyday conversation. More common, general terms like "severe birth defect" or "fetal abnormality" are used in non-medical discussions.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The pathology report described the specimen as a teras.
  • In historical medical texts, a teras was often documented as a curiosity.

Advanced Usage

• "Teras" is the singular form. The standard plural is terata.

Variants and Related Words

• Teratology (n): The scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations.
  • She specialized in teratology, researching the causes of fetal malformations.
• Teratogen (n): An agent or factor that causes malformation of an embryo.
  • Certain chemicals are known teratogens and must be avoided during pregnancy.
• Teratogenic (adj): Having the potential to cause developmental malformations.
  • The drug has a teratogenic effect.

Synonyms

• Monstrosity (archaic/offensive medical term)
• Malformed fetus
• Fetal monster (archaic/offensive medical term)

Note: Modern medical and layperson terminology avoids the archaic synonyms "monstrosity" or "monster" due to their pejorative and non-scientific nature. "Severe congenital anomaly" or "nonviable fetal malformation" are more appropriate contemporary descriptions.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

Từ đồng nghĩa

• monster