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*An artificial form of life usually built by genetic recombination and almost always limited to the [[Animal Kingdom|Animal]] or [[Plant Kingdom|Plant]] Kingdom.

*An artificial form of life usually built by genetic recombination and almost always limited to the [[Animal Kingdom|Animal]] or [[Plant Kingdom|Plant]] Kingdom.

Monsters are a frequent device of [[science fiction]]. In such works, their purpose is almost always to warn mankind not to play with forces beyond his comprehension or ability to control. Some stories feature monsters that are works of man. The novel ''[[Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus]]'' by [[Mary Shelley]] was probably the first of these.

Monsters are a frequent device of [[science fiction]]. In such works, their purpose is almost always to warn mankind not to play with forces beyond his comprehension or ability to control. Some stories feature monsters that are works of man. The novel ''[[Frankenstein]], or the Modern Prometheus'' by [[Mary Shelley]] was probably the first of these.

In [[medicine]], a "monster" is usually an infant suffering from congenital abnormalities that often kill or cripple the patient or threaten to make the patient unsightly in the extreme and likely to elicit only revulsion from all who look upon him, absent a corrective measure such as plastic surgery.

In [[medicine]], a "monster" is usually an infant suffering from congenital abnormalities that often kill or cripple the patient or threaten to make the patient unsightly in the extreme and likely to elicit only revulsion from all who look upon him, absent a corrective measure such as plastic surgery.