How to Use congenital in a Sentence

congenital

adjective
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  • The irregularity in my backbone is probably congenital.
  • The cause of the death of one child and the congenital health problems that Joshua’s suffers was cytomegalovirus, or CMV.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 5 July 2021
  • Men with syphilis in the study passed the disease to their wives, who gave birth to babies with congenital syphilis.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Guilt is a congenital part of being a woman; we are born with it.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The murmur turned out to be a congenital heart defect that was caught in time for treatment.
    — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 27 Jan. 2021
  • One of the voters the team helped was Heidi Bull Calf, whose 19-year-old son has a congenital heart defect.
    — Maggie Astor, New York Times, 6 July 2021
  • The best chance of a good outcome, Darragh said, is to have a congenital heart team complete the transplant.
    — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Care for congenital heart defects has advanced over the years, and the future looks even brighter.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2024
  • And then there are people like me, congenital anosmics who were born with no sense of smell.
    — Sharon Waters, SELF, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Niemiller was born with a congenital birth defect in both arms.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The child had a congenital heart defect and later died at the hospital.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Statewide, the rate of babies born with the disease, a condition known as congenital syphilis, jumped more than 40-fold in just five years.
    — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The cat was having surgery for a congenital eye defect.
    — oregonlive.com, 13 July 2019
  • And congenital syphilis — also on the rise — can be deadly.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Frech was born with congenital limb differences and ran on his first blades aged four.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But when Gilster’s mare Southern Classic dropped her second foal in April of 2017, the newborn had a congenital cataract in its right eye.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2020
  • At birth, 90% of babies born with congenital CMV will not show any visible symptoms of the virus.
    — Essence, 19 July 2022
  • In many cases, such as congenital syphilis found in newborns, Maryland’s rates were worse than the nation as a whole.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Bronny had surgery for a congenital heart defect and had his début with the U.S.C. Trojans four months later.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • Eva was born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect.
    — Carissa Tozzi, House Beautiful, 30 June 2020
  • Fauci wrote it was not known whether the diseases were in fact AIDS, and not a congenital disease, but that some appeared to meet the criteria.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Born in June 2016 with a congenital heart defect, Madison underwent open heart surgery and was on the waiting list for a donor heart.
    — Kaelyn Forde, Glamour, 10 May 2018
  • Every case of congenital syphilis, when a baby is born with the disease, is avoidable.
    — Talia Herman, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Haven, a 3-year-old with a congenital heart condition, just wants a playset.
    — al, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Rates of congenital syphilis—syphilis passed from the mother to baby during childbirth—also jumped in the past decade, going up 937%.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Once there, the boy, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, collapsed and began having a seizure.
    — Jim Salter, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Annika was born with the same congenital birth defect as Shaquem and wore a prosthetic on her right arm.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Though common, these moles lead to melanoma more often than congenital moles.
    — Madison Yauger, Health.com, 8 June 2021
  • Cases of congenital syphilis across the country have more than tripled in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Cameron Rozzi, an 8-year-old Eagles fan who goes by the nickname, is flying high after recovering from an operation to repair his congenital heart defect.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025

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