teratoma. a type of germ cell tumor made up of a number of different types of tissue from one or more of the germ cell layers; it is usually found in the ovary or testis and may be either benign or malignant.
That is why obsession with watching TV can cause some dangerous addictions. The other group of effects, which can be caused by watching too much of television, is connected with possible mental disorders or disturbances. The most spread of those are attention deficit disorder and other problems with emotional health.
With this in mind, I suggest that we give serious consideration to the social learning effects of television, in terms of the transmission of information (Spring 1992), in our investigations of public knowledge about the criminal justice system, and of the relationship between law and society in general.