different between genital vs congenital
genital
English
Etymology
From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gign? (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??n?t?l/, /?d??n?t?l/
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to biological reproduction.
- Of, or relating to the genitalia.
- (psychoanalysis) Of, or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
Related terms
Translations
See also
- female genital mutilation
Noun
genital (plural genitals)
- (rare) A genital organ; the genitalia.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
- ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
- 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
- David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
- 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge (?ISBN), page 164:
- […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
- 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis:
Further reading
- genital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- genital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- atingle, elating, gelatin, langite, tag line, tagline
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?eni?ta?l]
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
genital (not comparable)
- genital
Declension
Further reading
- “genital” in Duden online
Portuguese
Adjective
genital m or f (plural genitais, comparable)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitais)
- (Usually plural) genital
Romanian
Etymology
From French génital, from Latin genitalis.
Adjective
genital m or n (feminine singular genital?, masculine plural genitali, feminine and neuter plural genitale)
- genital
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin genit?lis.
Adjective
genital (plural genitales)
- genital
Noun
genital m (plural genitales)
- (Usually plural) genital
References
- “genital” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
genital From the web:
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- what genital means
- what genital herpes can be mistaken for
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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
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