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.
The first and the most dangerous effect of watching too much of television is mass physical degradation in our society. People, who spend hours and hours in front of the TV sets, are under very high risk of becoming overweight and obese.
By 1980, investigators had produced 2,500 studies on the effects of watching television, and the Talmudic scholarsâ early warning was beginning to look less provincial and more prophetic.