congenital
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7.5
- adjective
- /kənˈdʒɛnɪtəl/
- Specialized
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congénito
- OK, so let's take the case of congenital blindness.
- congenital malformation
- congenital heart
- congenital defect
So these kids have what we call congenital structural heart disease as opposed to most adults who tend to have acquired heart muscle disease.
- So these kids have what we call congenital structural heart disease as opposed to most adults who tend to have acquired heart muscle disease.
- So like with many things, there's congenital, which means you're born with it, or acquired, which means you get it some other way.
- There is evidence that it can be beneficial for Lieber's congenital eye disease.
- Kyle Maynard, who's also in Tribe Mentors, is a a quad congenital quad amputee.
- And if your child has a congenital heart, you know, condition, it's a lot of information flying at you.
Examples
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She had congenital heart problems.
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Blake has a relatively uncommon congenital condition known as atrophic renal syndrome.
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the boy has a very serious congenital disease
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Well, take someone who has a congenital absence of pain.
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This is a list of of currently known genetic causes of congenital heart disease.
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And I didn't realize that congenital heart disease is as common as it sounds like it is.
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It's a degenerative congenital blood disease.
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Tiana had a congenital heart defect.
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A congenital brain disorder.
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When he was born, they told us that he had a congenital heart defect.
Synonyms
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3.4
Present from birth and not learned later
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
A heart problem present at birth that changes the heart's shape or how it works
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5.4
A health problem in the body or the way it works that is present when a baby is born
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4.9
A health problem a person has at birth, often from parents' genes or events before birth
- Specialized
A rare inherited condition in which the blood has almost no fibrinogen, a protein needed for normal clotting
- Specialized
A condition at birth where part of the large intestine lacks nerves and grows too large to move stool
- Specialized
A birth condition where the soft inside of bones does not make enough blood cells
How Innate
Surface Forms
Morphology
congenital = congenit + al
The adjective is built with the productive suffix '-al' on the bound stem 'congenit' (related to birth); the relation to 'birth' can be recognized by learners familiar with 'gene/genre/generate' but the stem is not a standalone English word, so full transparency is limited.
Etymology
Congenital comes from Latin parts con- meaning 'with' and gen- meaning 'birth', the same root you see in generation and generate. So a congenital condition is one a person has 'from birth' or is 'born with'.