teratologistn.
/tɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪst/ 1. One who deals in stories of marvels or prodigies. rare.
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1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 332/2 Teratologist, one given to teratology; one who deals in marvels; a marvel-monger.
2. One versed in teratology (sense 2).
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teratologist1844
1844 London & Edinb. Monthly Jrnl. Med. Sci. June 484 Teratologists are now agreed in referring a considerable number of malformations by defect to the occurrence of an interruption..of natural fœtal development.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) IV. 332/2 Teratologist, one versed in the study of teratology.
1908 Jrnl. Morphol. 19 51 Teratologists are inclined to read these facts in favor of the germinal origin of monsters, which may even be hereditary.
1973 Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 16 Many distinguished obstetricians, pathologists, paediatricians, teratologists and editors were reluctant to accept my hypothesis that thalidomide did cause abnormalities.
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