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noun
Any of several medical disorders that are present at birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a defect that is present at birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defect, anomaly, anomalousness
Narrower terms: ablepharia, albinism, anencephaly, anencephalia, ametria, color blindness, colour blindness, color vision deficiency, colour vision deficiency, epispadias, clinocephaly, clinocephalism, clinodactyly, macroglossia, mongolism, mongolianism, Down's syndrome, Down syndrome, trisomy 21, oxycephaly, acrocephaly, cleft lip, harelip, cheiloschisis, cleft palate, amelia, meromelia, encephalocele, meningocele, myelomeningocele, plagiocephaly, polysomy, hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spinocerebellar disorder, polydactyly, hyperdactyly, syndactyly, syndactylism, tongue tie, ankyloglossia
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