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Definition of Congenital heart defect
1. Noun. A birth defect involving the heart.
Specialized synonyms: Septal Defect, Fallot's Syndrome, Fallot's Tetralogy, Tetralogy Of Fallot
Literary usage of Congenital heart defect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heredity in Relation to Eugenics by Charles Benedict Davenport (1911)
"Those of II, 3, 4, are healthy but 1 of them has 2 children with heart disease.
II, 5, haa a daughter and a grandson who died of congenital heart defect. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1892)
"The heart-sounds were normal, and there were no symptoms of congenital heart defect.
On November 20th the boy was circumcised by a layman, and the wound ..."
3. Respiration by John Scott Haldane (1922)
"Perhaps the clearest evidence is afforded by cases of congenital heart defect,
in which part of the venous blood passes direct to the left side of the heart ..."
4. Medical Diagnosis: Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine by Wilhelm Olivier von Leube, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1904)
"Tricuspid stenosis may be pronounced a congenital heart defect if cyanosis exists
from birth, and if a congenital pulmonary stenosis can be excluded. ..."
5. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"... and when a boy died at my feet of a congenital heart defect at the finish line
of a cross-country meet. I remember crying in the bathroom. ..."
6. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"... of painful sickness, Professor Brooks had completed more than sixty years of
life with a congenital heart defect said to be rarely carried to manhood. ..."
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