birth defect

birth defect
Synonyms and related words:
abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, blight, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, defect, deficiency disease, deformity, degenerative disease, disability, disease, disorder, distemper, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, handicap, hereditary disease, iatrogenic disease, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, malady, malaise, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, neurological disease, nutritional disease, occupational disease, organic disease, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, plant disease, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, respiratory disease, rockiness, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, the pip, urogenital disease, virus disease, wasting disease, worm disease

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  • birth defect — n. any of various mental, physical, or biochemical defects present in a baby at birth …   English World dictionary

  • Birth defect — Any defect present in a baby at birth, irrespective of whether the defect is caused by a genetic factor or by prenatal events that are not genetic. Birth defects may involve many different organs including the brain, heart, lungs, liver, bones,… …   Medical dictionary

  • birth defect — noun a defect that is present at birth • Syn: ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality • Hypernyms: ↑defect, ↑anomaly, ↑anomalousness …   Useful english dictionary

  • birth defect — Pathol. any physical, mental, or biochemical abnormality present at birth. Also called congenital defect. * * * Genetic or trauma induced abnormality present at birth. A more restrictive term than congenital disorder, it covers abnormalities that …   Universalium

  • birth defect — noun Date: 1971 a physical or biochemical defect that is present at birth and may be inherited or environmentally induced …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • birth defect — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. congenital defect, congenital malformation, deformity, abnormality, congenital deficiency, disability, mutation …   English dictionary for students

  • birth defect — noun Any of several medical disorders that are present at birth. Syn: congenital disorder …   Wiktionary

  • birth defect — imperfection or problem that is present from birth (such as a missing limb, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

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