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birth defect
birth defectn. A physiological or structural abnormality that develops at or before birth and is present at the time of birth, especially as a result of faulty development, infection, heredity, or injury. Also called congenital anomaly.birth′ defect` n. any abnormality present at birth. [1970–75] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | birth defect - a defect that is present at birth congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorderablepharia - a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete)albinism - the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hairanencephalia, anencephaly - a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheresametria - congenital absence of the uteruscolor blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency - genetic inability to distinguish differences in hueepispadias - a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethra is on the upper surface of the penisclinocephalism, clinocephaly - a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex)clinodactyly - a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positionedmacroglossia - a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormally large tongue; often seen in cases of Down's syndromeDown syndrome, Down's syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21 - a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardationacrocephaly, oxycephaly - a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shapecheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip - a congenital cleft in the middle of the upper lipcleft palate - a congenital fissure of the hard palatedefect - an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"amelia - congenital absence of an arm or legmeromelia - congenital absence of part of an arm or legencephalocele - protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skullmeningocele - a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)myelomeningocele - a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardationplagiocephaly - congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is obliquepolysomy - congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cellshermaphrodism, hermaphroditism - congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristicspseudohermaphroditism - congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sexscaphocephaly - congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardationcongenital heart defect - a birth defect involving the heartrachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida - a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesisspinocerebellar disorder - any of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxiahyperdactyly, polydactyly - birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toessyndactylism, syndactyly - birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toesankyloglossia, tongue tie - a congenital anomaly in which the mucous membrane under the tongue is too short limiting the mobility of the tongueanomalousness, anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
birth defect
birth defect[′bərth di′fekt] (medicine) congenital anomaly birth defect
birth de·fectdefect present at birth; sometimes referred to as congenital defect or anomaly.birth defectn. A physiological or structural abnormality that develops at or before birth and is present at the time of birth, especially as a result of faulty development, infection, heredity, or injury. Also called congenital anomaly.birth defect (1) Any distortion of a part or general disfigurement of the body. (2) Congenital malformation, see there. (3) An abnormality of structure, function or body metabolism present at birth that may result in a physical and/or mental disability or is fatal.birth defect Neonatology 1. Any distortion of a part or general disfigurement of the body.2. Congenital malformation, see there.3. An abnormality of structure, function or body metabolism present at birth that may result in a physical and/or mental disability or is fatal.birth de·fect (bĭrth dēfekt) Any structural or biochemical abnormality present at birth; may be due to genetic or developmental factors. Compare: congenital anomalybirth de·fect (bĭrth dēfekt) Defect present at birth; sometimes referred to as congenital defect or anomaly. Patient discussion about birth defectQ. Is it a birth defect in children? I know about the causes of autism. Is it a birth defect in children?A. it's not an easy answer i'm afraid...there are congenital differences, but no "birth defect" that we can detect. there's a good pdf file that gives a full explanation about it...i think you'll find it useful: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:U7PHTfTAZhYJ:www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autism_overview_2005.pdf+http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/autism_overview_2005.pdf&hl=iw&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=il
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Synonyms for birth defectnoun a defect that is present at birthSynonyms- congenital abnormality
- congenital anomaly
- congenital defect
- congenital disorder
Related Words- ablepharia
- albinism
- anencephalia
- anencephaly
- ametria
- color blindness
- color vision deficiency
- colour blindness
- colour vision deficiency
- epispadias
- clinocephalism
- clinocephaly
- clinodactyly
- macroglossia
- Down syndrome
- Down's syndrome
- mongolianism
- mongolism
- trisomy 21
- acrocephaly
- oxycephaly
- cheiloschisis
- cleft lip
- harelip
- cleft palate
- defect
- amelia
- meromelia
- encephalocele
- meningocele
- myelomeningocele
- plagiocephaly
- polysomy
- hermaphrodism
- hermaphroditism
- pseudohermaphroditism
- scaphocephaly
- congenital heart defect
- rachischisis
- schistorrhachis
- spina bifida
- spinocerebellar disorder
- hyperdactyly
- polydactyly
- syndactylism
- syndactyly
- ankyloglossia
- tongue tie
- anomalousness
- anomaly
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