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congenital heart defects

congenital heart defects is the plural of congenital heart defect.

Meaning of congenital heart defect

Noun

congenital heart defect (plural congenital heart defects, abbreviation CHD)

  1. A defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels present at birth.
    • Near-synonym: congenital heart disease
    Synonyms:
    CHA, w:congenital heart anomaly, w:congenital heart anomalies, congenital heart disease

Questions about congenital heart defects

What is congenital heart defects the plural of?
Congenital heart defects is the plural of congenital heart defect.

Words near congenital heart defects in the dictionary

  1. congenital contractural arachnodactyly
  2. congenital cutaneous candidiasis
  3. congenital disorder
  4. congenital disorders
  5. congenital heart defect
  6. congenital heart defects
  7. congenital heart disease
  8. congenital insensitivity to pain
  9. congenitally
  10. congenitalness
  11. congenite

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