congenital
adj/kənˈdʒɛnɪt(ə)l/
Etymology From Latin congenitus + -al, equivalent to con- + genital.
1
Of a trait or a disease, present since birth.
- Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status—people like the Ewells lived as guests of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression. No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- CHILD syndrome, congenital amputee, congenital analgesia, congenital contractural arachnodactyly, congenital cutaneous candidiasis, congenital disorder, congenital heart defect, congenital heart disease, congenital insensitivity to pain, congenitally, congenitalness, Leber congenital amaurosis, lethal congenital contracture syndrome, noncongenital