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Imperfection, flaw, or deficiency.












DEFECT. The want of something required by law.

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population has a patent foramen ovale (PFO), a congenital defect in the septum between the left and right atrium, according to Dr.
The author was born with a congenital defect which required her left foot be amputated by the age of four: by age eight she'd had dozens of operations and lost nearly her entire leg--and become the 'poster child' for the March of Dimes.
Milagros Cerron, whose first name means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or mermaid syndrome, which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin.
Alex Padilla, D-Van Nuys, is back at work after brain surgery to correct a congenital defect, but he has been thrust immediately into the real world of politics.
It's hard to read Ron Powers' engaging new Mark Twain: A Life (Free Press) and not conclude that there's a congenital defect in the very heart of American literature.
Six-year-old Nicole Contreras was born with a hole between two chambers in her heart, a common congenital defect that previously would have required open-heart surgery to repair.
Most often there is a pre-existing condition such as abdominal muscle weakness or a congenital defect.
The two-word phrase is defined as follows in American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition: "A congenital defect in which the spinal column is imperfectly closed so that part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes, often resulting in hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.
Ash Pawade, who carried out the heart surgery on Luke, said the surgery may have worsened a congenital defect in Luke's aortic structure, which had then caused his breathing problems.
Parents of a child born with a cleft palate/lip condition have cited God's punishment of them for premarital sex or infidelity as the cause of their child's congenital defect (p.
Nationally, mortality rates for these nine procedures vary widely, from less than one percent for repair of a ventricular septal defect to more than 16 percent for the Norwood procedure, the first operation in a series of three used to treat a severe congenital defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped.

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