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Type Words
Synonyms congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder
Type of anomalousness, defect, anomaly
Has types 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's syndrome, down 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, ablepharia, trisomy 21, acrocephaly, albinism

Examples of birth defect

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Isaiah was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a congenital birth defect.
From the stltoday.com
In Hunan Province, the birth defect rate has also doubled in the last 10 years.
From the theepochtimes.com
After learning about Sarah's birth defect, the Switzers had little time to mourn.
From the al.com
Ryan was born with arthrogryposis, a rare birth defect that affects his joints.
From the usatoday.com
Despite this, though, Mr Wardle's birth defect has caused him no end of problems.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
It is a common birth defect, occurring in about one in every 1,000 live births.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This disfiguring birth defect involves cracks in the lip and roof of the mouth.
From the newscientist.com
Which is a good thing, because we all know being left handed is a birth defect.
From the ocregister.com
Insurers had repeatedly rejected Emily due to a birth defect now largely overcome.
From the timesunion.com