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.
Television advertisers have seized on this effect of television and brain function for their television commercials. When people watch most television programs, they are quite suggestible. Thus a claim made in favor of a specific product, on some level, causes the person watching television to be more apt to believe it.