TERAS (terata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: terata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does teras mean? 

• TERAS (noun)
  The noun TERAS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TERAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

monster; teras

Hypernyms ("teras" is a kind of...):

fetus; foetus (an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal)

Meronyms (parts of "teras"):

acardia (congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters))

acephalia; acephalism; acephaly (absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters))

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)