congenital defect

1. 1.

   a defect that is present at birth

   Synonymsbirth defectcongenital anomalycongenital disordercongenital abnormality

   Broaderdefectanomaly

   Narrowerablephariaalbinismanencephalyametriacolor blindnessepispadiasclinocephalyclinodactylymacroglossiamongolism

Questions about congenital defect

What does congenital defect mean?

congenital defect means "a defect that is present at birth".

What is another word for congenital defect?

Close synonyms include birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is congenital defect a common word?

congenital defect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.