congenital
Present at birth
Congenital describes conditions present from birth, whether inherited or acquired during fetal development: a congenital heart defect, congenital blindness.
The word extends figuratively to traits so ingrained they seem inborn: a congenital liar, congenital optimism.
In this sense it suggests the characteristic is fundamental to someone's nature, not learned or chosen.
Abnormality present from delivery
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- heart defectAbnormality in blood-pumping organ
- cleft palateCongenital oral roof opening
spina bifida · anencephaly · dysplasia · agenesis · hypoplasia · atresia · stenosis · aplasia
Existing from birth
- inherentExisting as essential part
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- nativeOriginating from a place
- naturalNot artificially produced
hardwired · ingrained · deep-seated · fundamental · essential · built-in · unlearned · instinctive
Identification of illness
- prenatalBefore birth
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- fetalOf the unborn
- teratogenicCausing fetal malformations
chromosomal · developmental · pediatric · pathology · ultrasound · obstetrics · screening · amniocentesis
Lasting entire existence
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- permanentFixed without end
- chronicPersisting over time
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
lasting · enduring · unchanging · indelible · incurable · ongoing · long-term
birth defect
Abnormality present from delivery
- malformationAbnormally developed structure
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- heart defectAbnormality in blood-pumping organ
cleft palate · spina bifida · anencephaly · dysplasia · agenesis · hypoplasia · atresia · stenosis · aplasia · polydactyly
inborn
Existing from birth
natural · hardwired · ingrained · deep-seated · fundamental · essential · built-in · unlearned · instinctive · born with
diagnosis
Identification of illness
teratogenic · chromosomal · developmental · pediatric · pathology · ultrasound · obstetrics · screening · amniocentesis · geneticist
lifelong
Lasting entire existence
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- permanentFixed without end
- chronicPersisting over time
persistent · lasting · enduring · unchanging · indelible · incurable · ongoing · long-term
chromosomes
Gene-bearing nuclear structures
inheritance · genomics · alleles · genotype · genome · recessive · dominant · karyotype · chromosomal abnormality · trisomy
- biology termscell, DNA, genetics, evolution, vertebrate
- hereditygenes, DNA, gene, chromosomes, genetics
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- Muscular DystrophiesBecker, DMD, myotonic, distal, CMD
- color blindnesscolor blindness, protanopia, deuteranopia, red-green blindness, daltonism
congenitalacquired
Came to possess
developed · postnatal · contracted · learned · trained
congenitalacquired
Came to possess
extrinsic · artificial · adventitious · extraneous · foreign
- congenital disordersConditions present since birth
- congenital defectAbnormality present at birth
- congenital syphilisTreponema infection from mother
- congenital heart defectsHeart abnormalities present at birth
- congenital heart diseaseHeart malformation present since birth
- congenital conditionsAbnormalities present from birth