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English noun: birth defect

1. birth defect (state) a defect that is present at birth


Synonymscongenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder


Broader (hypernym)anomalousness, anomaly, defect


Narrower (hyponym)ablepharia, acrocephaly, albinism, amelia, ametria, anencephalia, anencephaly, ankyloglossia, cheiloschisis, cleft lip, cleft palate, clinocephalism, clinocephaly, clinodactyly, color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, congenital heart defect, Down syndrome, Down's syndrome, encephalocele, epispadias, harelip, hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism, hyperdactyly, macroglossia, meningocele, meromelia, mongolianism, mongolism, myelomeningocele, oxycephaly, plagiocephaly, polydactyly, polysomy, pseudohermaphroditism, rachischisis, scaphocephaly, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, syndactylism, syndactyly, tongue tie, trisomy 21









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