congenital defects
Inherited physical flaws
Congenital defects are physical or biochemical abnormalities present at birth.
They may result from genetic factors, environmental exposures during pregnancy, or unknown causes.
The term covers a wide range—from heart malformations to cleft palate to missing limbs: The ultrasound revealed a congenital defect in the heart.
Also called birth defects.
- cleft lipOral birth defect
- teratogenDevelopmental toxin
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- spina bifidaVertebral column fails to close
- trisomyThree chromosomes, not two
metabolic disorder · cystic fibrosis · anencephaly · chromosomal abnormality · Tay-Sachs disease · clubfoot · hole in the heart · heart murmur · hemophilia · muscular dystrophy · microcephaly · sickle cell anemia · family history · alcohol consumption · radiation exposure · Down syndrome · nutritional deficiency · lifestyle factors
- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, cardiologist
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- Childhood Conditionsasthma, diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- pathologycancer, disease, infection, tumor, lesion
- animal geneticsallele, chromosome, dominant gene, recessive gene, dominant traits
congenital defectsinjuries
Bodily damage or harm
infections · trauma · infectious diseases · occupational diseases · lifestyle diseases
congenital, congenitally, defect, defects, defective, defectively, defection, genital, genitals