congenital

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con·gen·i·tal

(kən-jĕn′ĭ-tl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences: a congenital heart defect; congenital syphilis.

2. Usage Problem Being or having an essential characteristic as if by nature; inherent or inveterate: "the congenital American optimism that denies conflicts and imagines all stories having happy endings" (Robert J. Samuelson).

[From Latin congenitus : com-, com- + genitus, born, past participle of gignere, to bear; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

con·gen′i·tal·ly adv.

Usage Note: The Usage Panel is divided evenly on the use of congenital to mean "inveterate." In our 2008 survey, only 50 percent accepted this word in a sentence with the phrase "the most congenital skeptic."

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congenital

(kənˈdʒɛnɪtəl)

adj

1. (Pathology) denoting or relating to any nonhereditary condition, esp an abnormal condition, existing at birth: congenital blindness.

2. informal complete, as if from birth: a congenital idiot.

[C18: from Latin congenitus born together with, from genitus born, from gignere to bear, beget]

conˈgenitally adv

conˈgenitalness n

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con•gen•i•tal

(kənˈdʒɛn ɪ tl)

adj.

1. present or existing at the time of birth: a congenital abnormality.

2. having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.

[1790–1800; < Latin congenit(us) congenital (con- con- + genitus, past participle of gignere to give birth) + -al¹]

con•gen′i•tal•ly, adv.

con•gen′i•tal•ness, n.

syn: See innate.

con·gen·i·tal

(kən-jĕn′ĭ-tl)

Existing at or before birth, as a defect or medical condition. See Note at heritable.

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congenital

Used to describe a condition or disease that is present at birth.

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Adj.

congenital - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

inborn, innate

nonheritable, noninheritable - not inheritable

congenital

adjective

1. inborn, innate, inherent, hereditary, natural, constitutional, inherited, inbred When he was 17, he died of congenital heart disease.

2. (Informal) complete, confirmed, chronic, utter, hardened, thorough, habitual, incurable, inveterate, incorrigible, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) He is a congenital liar.

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congenital

adjective

1. Possessed at birth:

hereditary, inborn, inherited, innate, native.

2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual:

built-in, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, native, natural.

Translations

خَلْقي، مَنْذُ الوِلادَه

vrozený

medfødt

angeboren

congénita congénito

congénital inné naturel

meîfæddur

congenito congeniale

apsigimęsįgimtasiš prigimties

iedzimts

congenital

[kənˈdʒenɪtl] ADJ → congénito

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congenital

[kənˈdʒɛnɪt^əl] adj

(MEDICINE) [disease, abnormality, defect] → congénital(e)

(= incorrigible) [liar] → invétéré(e)

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congenital

adj → angeboren, kongenital (spec); congenital defect → Geburtsfehler m; congenital liar (inf) → Erzlügner(in) m(f) (inf)

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congenital

[kənˈdʒɛnɪtl] adj (Med) → congenito/a

congenital

(kənˈdʒenitl) adjective

(of diseases or deformities) existing at or before birth.

conˈgenitally adverb

con·gen·i·tal

a. congénito-a; engendrado-a, rel. a una característica que se hereda y existe desde el nacimiento.

congenital

adj congénito

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Of these some are congenital,-- such as 'the spear which the earth-born race bear on their bodies,' or the stars introduced by Carcinus in his Thyestes.

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All faults or defects, from the slightest misconduct to the most flagitious crime, Pantocyclus attributed to some deviation from perfect Regularity in the bodily figure, caused perhaps(if not congenital) by some collision in a crowd; by neglect to take exercise, or by taking too much of it; or even by a sudden change of temperature, resulting in a shrinkage or expansion in some too susceptible part of the frame.

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One had only to look at him, from the slant of his bald forehead and the curve of his beautiful fair moustache to the long patent-leather feet at the other end of his lean and elegant person, to feel that the knowledge of "form" must be congenital in any one who knew how to wear such good clothes so carelessly and carry such height with so much lounging grace.

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An anatomist--even a mere physiognomist-- would have seen that the deformity of Philip's spine was not a congenital hump, but the result of an accident in infancy; but you do not expect from Tom any acquaintance with such distinctions; to him, Philip was simply a humpback.

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Their children are sometimes congenital idiots, like the hero of our story; sometimes they are found in the dock at the Assizes, where they are generally acquitted by the jury for edifying motives; sometimes they distinguish themselves by one of those burning scandals that amaze the public and add another blot to the stained record of our age.

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Both Kristoforas and his brother, Juozapas, were cripples, the latter having lost one leg by having it run over, and Kristoforas having congenital dislocation of the hip, which made it impossible for him ever to walk.

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I do believe his whine was congenital. He was a man beaten at birth.

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'Young man, I have no wish to be hard on a congenital idiot who is not responsible for his actions, but I must insist on an explanation.

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A devotion to Church and Throne is not in itself a criminal sentiment; to prefer the will of one to the will of many does not argue the possession of a black heart or prove congenital idiocy.

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KEYWORDS: Congenital Heart Disease, Grown-up congenital heart disease, Morbidity.

Pattern of un-operated Grown Up Congenital Heart (GUCH) patients presenting to a Tertiary Care Cardiac Institute of Punjab

Keywords: Congenital cystic lesions of lung, Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, Congenital lobar emphysema, Broncho pulmonary sequestration, Bronchogenic cyst.

Variability of presentation and surgical approach in Congenital Cystic Lesions of Lung: A retrospective study in children presenting in Mayo Hospital

A total of 61 child patients with congenital heart disease have been treated by UAE physicians Ahmod Kamali, Safar AL Shahrani and Hossain Abu Zamila.