"birth defect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: birth defects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} birth defect (plural birth defects)
  1. (medicine) Any of several medical disorders that are present at birth. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: congenital disorder Related terms: teratogenesis Translations (any of several medical disorders that are present at birth): 先天缺陷 (xiāntiān quēxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), aangeboren afwijking [feminine] (Dutch), synnynnäinen sairaus (Finnish), anomalie congénitale [feminine] (French), Geburtsfehler [masculine] (German), difetto congenito [masculine] (Italian), defeito congénito/congênito [masculine] (Portuguese), malformação/anomalia congénita/congênita [feminine] (Portuguese), defeito de nascença [masculine] (Portuguese), defecto congénito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-birth_defect-en-noun-u~eR9WPD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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