congenital

(adjective)

Present since birth.

Related Terms

  • ionizing radiation
  • microcephaly

Examples of congenital in the following topics:

  • Genetic Defects from Radiation

    • In humans, microcephaly is the only proven malformation, or congenital abnormality, found in the developing human fetuses present during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
    • No statistically demonstrable increase in congenital malformations was found among the later-conceived children born to survivors of the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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