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congenital

[kuhn-jen-i-tl] / kənˈdʒɛn ɪ tl /


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Dr. Matthew Stone, surgical director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program, and congenital heart surgeon Dr. Emily Downs led the nine-hour procedure.

From Science Daily

Her husband Andriy had a congenital heart condition, but insisted on joining the army.

From BBC

“I’ve been in the business 51 years, and congenital measles only occurs when you have women in their childbearing years who are neither vaccinated or previously infected.”

From MarketWatch

Uterus didelphys is a rare congenital condition that develops before birth, when the two tubes that normally form a single uterus fail to fuse properly.

From BBC

"In this non-coding space, we know there are variants related to things like congenital heart disease, autism, and schizophrenia that are vastly unexplored, but these are certainly not the only diseases like this," Lindenhofer said.

From Science Daily