Friday, June 22, 2007

Neologisms: terate

(A typo for treat led me to terate.) To inflict a mutagenic change upon a subject, esp. by a mad scientist or genocidal madman.

terat- [MW]
Function: combining form
Etymology: Greek, from terat-, teras marvel, portent, monster
: developmental malformation, as in teratogenic

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