title: Problems and terminology of functional teratology.
abstract: Possible causes for the teratogenesis of fundamental processes of life are explained. Hence, it is suggested that traditional teratology, i.e. teratomorphology (developmental pathomorphology) should be completed by teratophysiology (developmental pathophysiology), teratopsychology (developmental pathopsychology), and teratoimmunology (developmental pathoimmunology), as developmental biology can be also subdivided into developmental morphology, developmental physiology, developmental psychology and developmental immunology.
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D009626:Terminology as Topic