Definition of birth defect
: a physical or biochemical defect that is present at birth and may be inherited or environmentally induced
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The right-handed version of the molecule doesn’t cause birth defects, but does sedate.
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But the Zika virus has the potential to cause birth defects if a mother is bitten and contracts the virus while pregnant.
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Today, folic acid is prescribed to every expectant mother to reduce the rate of neurologic birth defects.
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Dawkins’s younger brother Dorian, a five-star recruit, was poised to become the next star in Saginaw’s basketball lineage before collapsing on the court in June 2009 and dying from a series of heart attacks caused by a rare birth defect.
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Other products contain hormone-disrupting parabens, which have been linked to infertility, birth defects, and certain reproductive cancers.
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Dawson was born with a rare birth defect called Poland syndrome, which affected her hand.
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Mothers-to-be are warned about the risks of later in life pregnancy, including an increased likelihood of birth defects or miscarriage, and of potential challenges of being an older mother.
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The Hawaiian child suffers from Amniotic Band Syndrome, a rare birth defect in which tissue strands in a mother's womb wrap around and amputate a fetus's limbs.
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First Known Use of birth defect
1864
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Definition of birth defect for Students
: a physical defect that a person is born with and that may be inherited or caused by something in the environment
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medical Definition of birth defect
: a physical or biochemical defect (as cleft palate, phenylketonuria, or Down syndrome) that is present at birth and may be inherited or environmentally induced
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