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Noun: birth defect
  1. A defect that is present at birth
    "The child was born with a rare birth defect";
    - congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality, congenital disease

Derived forms: birth defects

Type of: anomalousness, anomaly, defect

Encyclopedia: Birth defect