How to Use congenital in a Sentence

congenital

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  • The irregularity in my backbone is probably congenital.
  • Paul — who was born with five congenital heart defects — has undergone more than a dozen surgeries.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • 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
  • Sammi has a rare congenital heart condition that had previously limited her diet.
    — Rina Raphael, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • Cooper Jones has sacral agenesis, a congenital condition that affects the lower spine.
    — Longreads, 3 May 2024
  • Given his history of heart problems — he was born with five congenital heart defects — Paul’s mother, Amy Baier, played it safe and took him to a doctor.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • The child had a congenital heart defect and later died at the hospital.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • At birth, 90% of babies born with congenital CMV will not show any visible symptoms of the virus.
    — Essence, 19 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The boy had a congenital heart defect, and once at his grandmother’s house, collapsed and began having a seizure.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • What is a congenital heart defect and how is it detected?
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
  • He was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect that could be treated, his family said, and the younger James was cleared to play again.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 27 June 2024
  • Two years after Alex died in 2014 due to congenital heart failure, his stepson, came up with an idea to honor his legacy.
    — Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Most hiatal hernias are thought to be congenital, meaning you were born with the propensity to have a larger-than-needed hole in the diaphragm.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Sanderson, 16, was born with spina bifida, a congenital birth defect in which the spinal cord fails to form properly.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The 19-year-old underwent surgery to correct a congenital heart defect.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Injecting healthy genes into the eyes of adults with a form of congenital blindness restored their night vision.
    — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
  • O'Neal, who shares a unique bond with James as the sons of Lakers legends, was diagnosed with an anomalous coronary artery — a congenital heart defect that caused an artery to grow in the wrong place — at age 18.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Brayden Otten, a 13-year-old boy who has endured congenital heart defects since he was born, is fighting for his life.
    — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 15 July 2022
  • Bernard was born with clouded vision caused by congenital cataracts.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The implant is specifically for patients with microtia, a rare congenital ailment where the outer ear is either underdeveloped or doesn't exist at all.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 June 2022
  • There’s the 37-year-old Brazilian television host who collapsed live on air because of a congenital heart problem.
    — Angelo Fichera, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Pistorius, who was born with a congenital defect that led to the amputation of both legs below the knee, ran with prosthetics in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Wilder was born with a congenital deformity called Prune Belly Syndrome, which required him to have a kidney transplant at the age of 9.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Hennessy had to have open-heart surgery after doctors found out about a congenital heart condition the family didn’t know about.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The couple's son, Billy, was born with a congenital heart condition and had to undergo three heart surgeries after he was born.
    — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022
  • More air pollution also resulted in more preterm births and more congenital anomalies.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024

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