teratogenesis

1. 1.

   the development of defects in an embryo

   Broadergrowth

Other forms of teratogenesis

plural

teratogenesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about teratogenesis

What does teratogenesis mean?

teratogenesis means "the development of defects in an embryo".

How many syllables are in teratogenesis?

teratogenesis has 6 syllables and divides as te-ra-to-ge-ne-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.