congenitally
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- adverb
- /kənˈdʒɛnɪtəli/
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congénitamente
- While teaching orientation and mobility to three congenitally blind 5- and 6-year-old children, I experienced a common phenomenon in an uncommon way.
- congenitally blind
- congenitally deaf
- congenitally visually impaired
Examples
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Children who are congenitally blind experience major delays.
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Since he was congenitally blind, he developed a strong sense of hearing.
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In that group, the progress of congenitally blind children was closest to the average range of expectation.
Academic text (1996) -
Four participants were congenitally blind; 14 were blinded as a result of disease; and 3 by accidents.
Academic text (1997) -
What you see is the exact same developmental time course for smiling among congenitally blind babies, babies who never see anybody smiling.
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The researchers acknowledge that the congenitally blind athletes' expressions still could have been socially conditioned.
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Therefore, the advantage of the participants who were congenitally visually impaired over those who were late visually impaired is even more striking.
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Adelson and Fraiberg (1974) observed the onset of creeping in 10 congenitally blind, otherwise normal infants aged 10.5 to 24 months.
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Many children who are congenitally blind learn to navigate their surroundings using sound and touch.
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She was born congenitally deaf, which influenced her family's communication methods.
Surface Forms
Morphology
congenitally = congenital (transparent) = congenital + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'congenital'; meaning 'in a way that exists from birth' is a direct adverbial use of the adjective.
Etymology
Congenitally comes from the parts con- meaning 'together' and gen- meaning 'birth', the same root you see in gene and generate. So congenitally is used for something that is 'present from birth' or 'born with'.