Birth Defect

Definition: Birth Defect

Birth Defect

Noun

1. A defect that is present at birth.

Synonyms: Birth Defect

Synonyms: congenital abnormality (n), congenital anomaly (n), congenital defect (n), congenital disorder (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Birth defect

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A birth defect is a physical or mental abnormality present at the time a child is born.

Birth defects range from minimal, such as birthmarks, and slightly mobility-impairing, such as amelia of the legs, to very serious, such as cerebral palsy, and incompatible with life, such as anencephaly.

Many birth defects result from genetic abnormalities. Others can arise from chance problems in fetal development (teratogenesis), which are sometimes caused by prenatal vitamin deficiencies or exposure to mercury and other harmful substances.

Some other birth defects:

cleft lip
cleft palate

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Birth defect."

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Crosswords: Birth Defect

English words defined with "birth defect": congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital heart defect ♦ hyperdactyly ♦ polydactyly ♦ syndactylism, syndactyly. (references)

Specialty definitions using "birth defect": Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary ♦ ruostumaton. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Birth Defect

Domain	Title
Books	Teratogen update : environmentally induced birth defect risks (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Birth Defect

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Non-Fiction Usage: Birth Defect

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		DiGeorge Anomaly is the result of a birth defect. (references)
		Cleft palate is the fourth most common birth defect affecting approximately one of every 700 live births. (references)
		Fecal incontinence can occur in children because of a birth defect or disease, but in most cases it's because of chronic constipation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Birth Defect

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

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Modern Translations: Birth Defect

Language		Translations for "birth defect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		születési rendellenesség. (various references)

Pig Latin		irthbay efectday

Russian		врожденный дефект. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Birth Defect

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-d-e-e-f-h-i-r-t-t"
	-2 letters: chittered.
	-3 letters: befitted, bittered, refitted, tetchier.
	-4 letters: berthed, birched, birthed, bitched, briefed, chedite, chiefer, chitter, debrief, diether, ditcher, erethic, etheric, fetched, fetcher, fibered, fitchee, fitchet, fretted, fritted, hebetic, heftier, heretic, recited, retched, techier, terebic, tetched, tierced.
	-5 letters: befret, bereft, betide, betted, better, bitted, bitter, breech, cerite, cheder, chider, cither, credit, deceit, defect, defier, defter.
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