Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun birth_defect

1 sense of birth defect

Sense 1
birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality -- (a defect that is present at birth)
       => defect -- (an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs")
       => anomaly, anomalousness -- (deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule)