connatal

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English

Etymology

From con- +‎ natal.

Adjective

connatal (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of congenital (But note that congenital implies anomaly present before birth whereas connatal means an anomaly present at birth but possibly caused by the birth process, e.g.cranial trauma during labour)
    • 2015 June 8, Melanie May et al., “ZC4H2, an XLID gene, is required for the generation of a specific subset of CNS interneurons”, in Human Molecular Genetics, volume 24, →DOI:
      Also patients III-4 and III-5 had persistence of deciduous teeth (premolars), while III-4 had two connatal teeth in the lower jaw.

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