Usually means: Present from birth, not acquired.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word congenital:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. congenital: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. congenital: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. congenital: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. congenital: Collins English Dictionary
  5. congenital: Vocabulary.com
  6. Congenital, congenital: Wordnik
  7. congenital: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. congenital: Wiktionary
  9. congenital: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. congenital: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. congenital: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. congenital: Dictionary.com
  13. congenital: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Congenital: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Congenital: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. congenital: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. congenital: Rhymezone
  18. Congenital: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. congenital: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. congenital: Free Dictionary
  21. congenital: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. congenital: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. congenital: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. congenital: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Congenital: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Dental and Oral Health Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  7. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hair Facts (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  11. congenital: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. congenital: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  13. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  14. congenital: Medical dictionary
  15. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  16. Congenital: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Congenital: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  3. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See congenitally as well.)

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adjective:  (of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.

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