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Birth Defect

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Noun

1. birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder

a defect that is present at birth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Birth Defect

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noun
an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
Thousands of babies are born with some kind of birth defect.

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Birth Defect

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any of various mental, physical, or biochemical defects present in a baby at birth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Birth Defect

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n.
A physiological or structural abnormality that develops at or before birth and is present at the time of birth, especially as a result of faulty development, infection, heredity, or injury. Also called congenital anomaly.

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