congenital
Meaning of congenital
- (of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.
a congenital malformation of the heart
late 18th century: from Latin congenitus, from con- ‘together’ + genitus (past participle of gignere ‘beget’) + -al.
Information about congenital
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which congenital is used:
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Hyphenation of congenital
con-gen-i-tal
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- congenital is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
congenital synonyms
Meaning inborn:
Meaning (of money, property, or a title) received as an heir at the death of the previous holder:
Meaning (of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants:
Meaning existing from birth:
Meaning relating to someone's nature or physical condition:
Meaning existing as an original or essential part of something or someone:
Meaning growing or having grown within; innate:
Meaning (of a skill or quality) coming instinctively to a person; innate:
Meaning (of a quality) belonging to a person's character from birth; innate:
Meaning present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest:
Meaning existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute:
Meaning (of a person) not well educated:
Meaning relating to or denoting an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour; based on instinct:
Meaning (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate:
Meaning belonging naturally; innate:
congenital antonyms
Meaning buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself:
Translation of congenital
- Spanish: congénito, congénita
- French: congénitale
- Italian: congenito
- German: angeboren
Words that rhyme with congenital
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