congenital

Modifies a noun

• malformation: Prior to advent of surgery less than 20 % of children born with congenital heart malformations survived to adult life.
• anomaly: In the case of diagnosis of congenital anomaly, there is no upper limit.
• abnormality: Some congenital abnormalities have been reported more often in certain breeds.
• hypothyroidism: What is the outlook for children with congenital hypothyroidism?
• cataract: The results of cataract surgery in children with congenital cataract are frequently poor.
• deformity: People with a congenital deformity in the urinary system.

Modifying Another Word

• either: The Healthy Living for Deafblind People project aims to: Work with people throughout Scotland who have either congenital or acquired dual sensory impairments.
• possibly: They do well to warn us against our, possibly congenital, tendency to believe that policy development is rational.
• usually: Heart surgery for dogs will only be appropriate for the relatively small number of dogs that have very specific, usually congenital heart problems.
• even: The Richard Attenborough Center has long known that even congenital blindness is no bar to drawing or working in color.
• often: This blockage right at the top of the ureter is probably often congenital.
• also: There are also congenital deformities, for example cleft palate where there is an absence of bone in the mouths of children.

Preposition: in

nature: Generally they are congenital in nature with both or one of the parents having the same or similar condition.