birth defect
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Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting about 1 in 100 babies born each year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Rodríguez Castro, known as “El Cangrejo”—the crab—because of a birth defect, never finished school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
He was diagnosed with short bowel syndrome, an incurable disease caused by a birth defect, and Ms Ogg was told he would not survive the night.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
He was born with a rare birth defect called an omphalocele, which means some of his organs sit in a sac outside his body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
I’m always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect: that’s not the issue.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
