teratoid

adj

1. Monster-like, exhibiting abnormal development.

   “Lucien, staring goggle-eyed at the only brother he’s ever had, is standing very still, face still unwittingly teratoid, the broom at an angle in his hand, the Colt dangling at his side, […]”

noun

1. An abnormal tumor similar to a teratoma.

   “In each of these divisions there are subdivisions, according as the parasite consists of a more or less recognisable fœtus, or only of a mass of fœtal tissue (teratomata, teratoids, dermoids).”

   “They can be divided into dermoids (only an epithelial layer present) and teratoids (all three germ layers present).”

2. A mutant.

   “I wanted to explore how at the launch of a new millennium many people were beginning to feel like teratoids in the global commodity exchange.”

   “The objects floating in the bath and lazing about on the bathroom's floor are all monsters, teratoids dehumanized by the husking of their clothes.”

   “He had little time, however, to ponder his lack of reflex, for new incident forced his attention back to the ridge where the four teratoids had first broken from cover.”