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dysmorphology
1. A branch of science dealing with the study of congenitally deformed fetuses; also teratology.
2. A branch of clinical genetics concerned with the diagnosis and interpretation of patterns of the three types of structural defects: malformation, disruption, and deformation.
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dysmorphology
1. A branch of clinical genetics concerned with the study of structural defects; especially, congenital malformations.
2. The study of malformations.