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"monstrosity"
Found it by entering in OneLook's reverse dictionary
deformed human Ahem. Is there a word for a person who is deformed using the combining form terato-?
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How do you deform someone using the combining form terato-? I should think messing with their DNA would be a much more effective method.
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You have to forgive an old codger on the verge of senility
I have resolved to read more carefully
It probably won't help
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All seriousness aside, how about teratomorph?
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The ugly brother of Meso, Ecto, and Endo.
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watsamatta youse guise? you don't think teratism , from the same root, is a good word? - joe (me, I got the tarantism) fridayedit: speling it rite (and I got it right the first time!)
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I ghess, if yu spel it rait.
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Teratomaton - the trillion vegetables in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" movies. From tera-, trillion and (duh) tomato. Not from terato. Close but no chewgar.
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