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Definition of Congenital disorder
1. Noun. A defect that is present at birth.
Specialized synonyms: Ablepharia, Albinism, Anencephalia, Anencephaly, Ametria, Color Blindness, Color Vision Deficiency, Colour Blindness, Colour Vision Deficiency, Epispadias, Clinocephalism, Clinocephaly, Clinodactyly, Macroglossia, Down Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, Mongolianism, Mongolism, Trisomy 21, Acrocephaly, Oxycephaly, Cheiloschisis, Cleft Lip, Harelip, Cleft Palate, Amelia, Meromelia, Encephalocele, Meningocele, Myelomeningocele, Plagiocephaly, Polysomy, Hermaphrodism, Hermaphroditism, Pseudohermaphroditism, Scaphocephaly, Congenital Heart Defect, Rachischisis, Schistorrhachis, Spina Bifida, Spinocerebellar Disorder, Hyperdactyly, Polydactyly, Syndactylism, Syndactyly, Ankyloglossia, Tongue Tie
Generic synonyms: Defect, Anomalousness, Anomaly
Literary usage of Congenital disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1846)
"In the examples of this congenital disorder the member was nearly useless, in
some entirely so. (Mr. Smith's Paper in Dub. Journ. of Med. Science, 1839. ..."
2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... a dominant congenital disorder whose several pedigrees were linked to the HoxD
complex (Muragaki et a!., ..."
3. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1918)
"Although it may not appear for some years after birth, this is really a congenital
disorder, and it is to be distinguished, for reasons connected with its ..."
4. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood by Dawson Williams, Frank Spooner Churchill (1900)
"In doubtful cases considerable increase of dulness to the right without signs of
cardiac failure would favor the diagnosis of congenital disorder. ..."
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