congenital defect

collocation in English

meaningsofcongenitalanddefect

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congenital
adjective
uk
/kənˈdʒen.ɪ.təl/us
/kənˈdʒen.ə.t̬əl/
medicalspecialized
A congenital disease or condition exists at or ...
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defect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdiː.fekt/us
/ˈdiː.fekt/
a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to ...
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(Definition ofcongenitalanddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We found a higher incidence of rheumatic involvement of the aortic and pulmonary valves when they were also affected by acongenitaldefect.
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This condition may result due to acongenitaldefector it may be an acquired condition.
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He had a quadruple heart bypass operation to correct acongenitaldefect.
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No evidence of any othercongenitaldefectwas found, nor evidence of any disease except for an upper respiratory tract infection of moderate severity.
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She became pregnant when she was very young, but the child had acongenitaldefectand died soon after birth.
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Again, there are cases ofcongenitaldefectwhich should not be operated on immediately, and a planned delay of periods up to three years is necessary before undertaking operative treatment.
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Therefore, it is quite a wrong interpretation, where there is no evidence before the accident ofcongenitaldefect, to permit that defect to depreciate the amount of the assessment.
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This is necessary, so that the blood can continue to circulate and become oxygenated, until thecongenitaldefectcan be corrected.
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He was born blind due to acongenitaldefectof his eyes, but this cleared up when he was three years old.
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House suspects acongenitaldefectin an artery, orders another angiogram, and finds the cause: her heart has an unnecessary third ostium, which can be fixed with surgery.
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