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📖 Определения и значения для слова congenital

📒 existing since or before birth

  • congenital abnormalities
  • Children born to mothers who smoked were at risk of congenital heart disease.
  • Genetic screening can help reduce many congenital diseases.

📒 existing as part of a person’s character and not likely to change

  • She seems to have a congenital inability to tell the truth.

📒 born with a particular illness

  • (figurative) a congenital liar (= one who will not change)
  • He's a congenital liar!
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