Congenital

Definition: Congenital

Congenital

Adjective

1. Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development.

Date "congenital" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Note: Congenital \Con*gen"i*tal\, adjective. [From Congenite.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Medicine	Existing from birth, especially of a disease, defect, etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Congenital

Synonyms: inborn (adj), inherent (adj), innate (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affections	Inborn, inbred, ingrained; deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate; pathoscopic; congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain.
Intrinsicality	Adjective: derived from within, subjective; intrinsic, intrinsical; fundamental, normal; implanted, inherent, essential, natural; innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought; coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic; radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent; congenital, congenite; connate, running in the blood; ingenerate, ingenite; indigenous; in the grain; Noun: bred in the bone, instinctive; inward, internal; to the manner born; virtual.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Congenital

English words defined with "congenital": congenital afibrinogenemia, congenital megacolon, congenital pancytopenia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "congenital": Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital ♦ congenital stridor ♦ Hip Dislocation, Congenital ♦ Limb Deformities, Congenital. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Congenital" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (congenital, constitutional), Romanian (congenital, inborn, innate).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Congenital Broncho-oesophageal Fistula in an Adult (1970)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Congenital Anomalies of The Urinary and Genital Tracts (reference) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Modern Problems in Pediatrics, Vol 24) (reference) Congenital Heart Malformations in Mammals: An Illustrated Text (reference) Congenital Hemiplegia (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Perioperative Management Of The Patient With Congenital Heart Disease (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Thia patient with congenital syphilis is exhibiting rhagades, which are cracks or fissures in the skin around the mouth. Such a rare type of facial disfigurement, results from persistent infantile syphilitic rhinitis. Credit: CDC.		Lesions are sites of extramedullary hematopoiesis and can be associated with several different congenital viral infections and hematologic diseases. Credit: CDC.
	Line graph showing congenital syphilis, primary and secondary syphilis rates, by year -- United States, 1992-1998. Epidemiology, surveillance. Credit: CDC.		An infant demonstrating mucous patches and skin lesions resulting from congenital syphilis. In 1998, 81.3% of reported cases of CS occurred because the mother received no penicillin treatment or inadequate treatment before or during pregnancy. Credit: CDC.
	Hutchinson's Teeth is a congenital anomaly in which the permanent incisor teeth are narrow and notched. Note the notched edges and "screwdriver" shape of the central incisors. Credit: CDC.		Moon's- or Mulberry Molar is a condition where the first lower molar tooth has become dome-shaped due to malformation by congenital syphilis. Credit: CDC.
	This patient with congenital syphilis has developed a perforation of hard palate due to gummatous destruction. These destructive tumors can also attack the skin, long bones, eyes, mucous membranes, throat, liver, or stomach lining. Credit: CDC.		Polydactylia, a congenital abnormality with the occurrence of extra fingers or toes, is due to errors in the process of fetal development, and can usually be corrected by surgery. Credit: CDC.
	Congenital malformations of the heart originate in the embryo. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Paul Almasy..		Hereditary or Congenital Syphilis : Congenital Syphilis. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hydrocephalus may be congenital or acquired. (references)
		In most cases, the cause of congenital cerebral palsy is unknown. (references)
		The presence of multiple congenital defects may adversely affect survival. (references)
Children	China	If doctors find that a couple is at risk of transmitting disabling congenital defects to their children, the couple may marry only if they agree to use birth control or undergo sterilization. (references)
	China	The Government, at times in conjunction with NGO's such as the Lions Club International, sponsors a wide range of preventive and rehabilitative programs, including efforts to reduce congenital birth defects, treat cataracts, and treat hearing disorders. (references)
Economic History	Malaysia	There is an increasing demand for haemodialysis treatment, organ transplants, microsurgery, and corrective surgery for congenital disorders. (references)
Human Rights	Hungary	A government autopsy concluded that the cause of death was a congenital heart defect. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Congenital" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Congenital" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	255	18,554

Expressions using "congenital": congenital abnormality ♦ congenital afibrinogenemia ♦ congenital anomaly ♦ congenital cerebellar ataxia ♦ congenital defect ♦ congenital disease ♦ congenital disorder ♦ congenital goitre ♦ congenital heart defect ♦ congenital idiot ♦ congenital inborn innate ♦ congenital megacolon ♦ congenital pancytopenia ♦ congenital retinal septum ♦ congenital stridor ♦ congenital syphilis. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "congenital"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i lindur (born, inborn, inbred, innate, native, natural, nee), i bashkëlindur. (various references)

Arabic		‏فطري (connate, fungoid, fungous, fungus, habitual, inborn, inbred, indigenous, inherent, innate, native, natural, primitive, radical), ‏خلقي منذ الولادة, ‏بالفطرة. (various references)

Bulgarian		вроден (connate, connatural, elemental, glandular, inborn, inbred, indigenous, inherent, innate, native, natural, radical, temperamental, unconditioned, untaught, untutored), по рождение. (various references)

Chinese		先天 (idiopathic, inbred). (various references)

Czech		vrozený (connate, connatural, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, native), kongenitální. (various references)

Danish		congenitus, congenit (connatal, connate, innate), medfoedt (connatal, connate, constitutional, innate), medfødt (connate, hereditary, heritable, innate), konnatal (connatal, connate, innate), kongenital (connate, constitutional, innate), kongenit (connate, constitutional, innate). (various references)

Dutch		aangeboren (congentital, inborn, inbred, innate, native), ingeboren (inborn, inbred, innate, native), congenitaal (connate, constitutional, innate). (various references)

Esperanto		denaska (inborn, inbred, innate, native). (various references)

Farsi		موروثی (Inborn), مادرزادی , ذاتی (Autochthonous, Connate, Inborn, Indigenous, Inherent, Innate, Intrinsic, Intuitive, Inward, Natural, Substantial), خلقتی , ارثی (Hereditary). (various references)

Finnish		synnynnäinen (inborn, inbred, inherent, innate). (various references)

French		naturel (congentital), inné (congentital), congénital (connatal, connate, constitutional). (various references)

Frisian		oanberne (inborn, inbred, innate, native). (various references)

German		angeboren (congenitally, congentital, connate, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, inherent, inherently, innate, native, temperamentally, untaught), kongenital (connate, constitutional, innate). (various references)

Greek		σύμφυτοσ (inherent), σύμφυτος, συγγενής (akin, associated, relative, relative of), εκ γενετήσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מל�"�" (born, inborn, innate), שמל�"�" (inborn, inbred). (various references)

Hungarian		születési (Natal), vele született (inborn, indigenous, natural, untutored). (various references)

Indonesian		bawaan (load, result). (various references)

Italian		congenito (connate, constitutional, innate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		先天的 (a priori, hereditary, inborn, inherent, innate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せ�"て�"てき (a priori, hereditary, inborn, inherent, innate). (various references)

Korean		� 천. (various references)

Manx		veih'n vrein, dooghyssagh (ancestral, heritable, idiomatic, inborn, inherent, instinctive, native, natural, unforced, vernacular). (various references)

Pig Latin		ongenitalcay

Polish		od urodzenia (inborn, inbred, innate, native). (various references)

Portuguese		inato (born, connate, inborn, inbred, innate). (various references)

Romanian		congenital (inborn, innate). (various references)

Russian		прирожденный (born, from the cradle, inborn, native, true born). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		urođen (connate, connatural, inborn, inbred, innate, native, natural), kongenitalan. (various references)

Spanish		innato (congentital, inborn, inbred, innate, native), congénito (connate). (various references)

Swedish		komplett (absolute, absolutely, complete, integral, out and out, self contained). (various references)

Turkish		yaradılıştan olan (temperamental), doğuştan (congenitally, inborn, inbred, inherently, innate, native, natural, naturally, trueborn). (various references)

Ukrainian		природжений (born, congenial, connate, habitual, inborn, inbred, ingrain, ingrained, ingrown, inherent, innate, native, natural, organic, original, true born, unschooled). (various references)

Vietnamese		bẩm sinh (inborn, innate, natively, unacquired). (various references)

Welsh		cynhwynol (innate, natural). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "congenital": congenitally. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Congenital" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: congeital, congenatal, congenetal, congenita, congenitial, congenitl, congential, congentinal, congentital, congetinal, convential. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "congenital" (pronounced kunje"nutul)
7	-j e" n u t u l	genital.
4	-u t u l	capital, Capitol, digital, extramarital, marital, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pivotal, premarital, skeletal, societal, vegetal, versatile, volatile.
3	-t u l	accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, occidental, oriental, ornamental, parental, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skittle, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vestal, vital, vittle, Whittle, Wintle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: congenial.
	-2 letters: canoeing, cleaning, cleating, enacting, enlacing, gantline, gelation, latening, legation, locating, negation, octangle.
	-3 letters: aconite, actinon, alencon, aloetic, ancient, aneling, angelic, anglice, anteing, antigen, antilog, antlion, atingle, atoning, cannoli, canting, catling, cloning, coagent, coaling, coating, cognate, coinage, congeal, connate, contain, eanling, elating, elation, enation, encinal, galenic, gelatin, genital, gentian, lactone, lancing, leaning.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: congelation.
	+2 letters: congelations, congeniality, congenitally, conglutinate.
	+3 letters: conglutinated, conglutinates, constellating, contemplating, noncollegiate, reinoculating.
	+4 letters: agglutinogenic, antitechnology, concelebrating, congenialities, conglomerating, conglomeration, congregational, countervailing, dechlorinating, encephalitogen, nongeometrical, nontheological, uncongeniality.
	+5 letters: anticholinergic, conceptualising, conceptualizing, conglomerations, contextualizing, counterclaiming, counterrallying, cyanoethylating, encephalitogens, miscegenational, occidentalizing, ontogenetically, reconsolidating.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
congenital heart disease	98	amaurosis congenital leber	8
congenital adrenal hyperplasia	88	cmv congenital	8
congenital heart defect	64	congenital toxoplasmosis	8
congenital heart failure	30	congenital disease	8
congenital	29	congenital abnormality	8
congenital hypothyroidism	28	congenital nystagmus	7
anomaly congenital	27	amaurosis congenital lebers	7
congenital cataract	23	congenital muscular dystrophy	7
congenital diaphragmatic hernia	22	congenital disproportion fiber type	7
congenital hip dysplasia	14	congenital hip	6
congenital dislocation of the hip	14	congenital heart disease and adult	6
congenital defect	14	congenital myopathy	6
congenital syphilis	12	congenital infection	6
congenital hydrocephalus	12	congenital rubella syndrome	6
congenital scoliosis	11	congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation	6
congenital nevi	11	congenital malformations	6
congenital nevus	11	congenital glaucoma photo	5
congenital heart	10	congenital deformity	5
congenital glaucoma	10	adrenal congenital hyperplasia late onset	5
congenital torticollis	8	congenital birth defect	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Congenital

Definition: Congenital

Congenital

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Congenital

Synonyms: Congenital

Synonyms within Context: Congenital

Affections

Intrinsicality

Crosswords: Congenital

Modern Usage: Congenital

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Congenital

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Photo Album: Congenital

Non-Fiction Usage: Congenital

Usage Frequency: Congenital

Expressions: Congenital

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Congenital

Modern Translation: Congenital

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Derivations & Misspellings: Congenital

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Anagrams: Congenital

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