congenital disease

1. 1.

   a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

   Synonymsgenetic diseasegenetic disordergenetic abnormalitygenetic defectinherited diseaseinherited disorderhereditary diseasehereditary condition

   Broaderdisease

   Narrowermonogenic disorderpolygenic disorderachondroplasiaabetalipoproteinemiainborn error of metabolismHirschsprung's diseasemucopolysaccharidosishyperbetalipoproteinemiaichthyosismaple syrup urine disease

Questions about congenital disease

What does congenital disease mean?

congenital disease means "a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically".

What is another word for congenital disease?

Close synonyms include genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, inherited disease. 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 disease a common word?

congenital disease 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.