noun
Meaning 1
A birth defect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
congenital disorder
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noun
Meaning 2
a defect that is present at birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, 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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