Congenital definition
A congenital disease.
A heart defect that exist when you are born is an example of something that would be described as a congenital heart defect.
A congenital heart defect; congenital syphilis.
A congenital cheerfulness.
A congenital heart defect; congenital syphilis.
Origin of congenital
- From Latin congenitus com- com- genitus born past participle of gignere to bear genə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition