different between congenital vs acquired
congenital
English
Adjective
congenital (not comparable)
- (of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) congenite, (archaic) genetous; see also Thesaurus:innate
- Antonym: acquired
Derived terms
Related terms
- con-
- genital
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French congénital
Adjective
congenital m or n (feminine singular congenital?, masculine plural congenitali, feminine and neuter plural congenitale)
- congenital
Declension
congenital From the web:
- what congenital heart abnormalities are the result of
- what congenital means
- what congenital heart disease
- what congenital hypothyroidism
- what congenital heart failure
- what congenital heart defects
- what congenital abnormalities
- what congenital adrenal hyperplasia
acquired
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??kwa??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??kwa??d/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)d
- Hyphenation: ac?quired
Verb
acquired
- simple past tense and past participle of acquire
Adjective
acquired (not comparable)
- (medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
Translations
acquired From the web:
- what acquired mean
- what acquired traits
- what acquired immunity
- what acquired assets
- what's acquired taste
- what acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is
- what's acquired savant syndrome
- what acquired immunity means
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