congenital

形容词 congenital:

1. present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development
   同义词：inborn, innate

1. An abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or a congenital disorder that connects an abscess, a cavity, or a hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ.
   瘘，瘘管由于受伤、疾病或先天性变形引起的把脓肿、腔洞或空器官同身体或其它空器官连结起来的病变的通道
2. Congenital absence of normal pigmentation or coloration in a person, an animal, or a plant.
   白化病人体、动物或植物先天性缺乏正常的色素沉淀或染色
3. A congenital condition characterized by the incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth.
   肺膨胀不全一种先天性疾病，特征为出生时肺部不完全膨胀
4. A congenital, often hereditary skin disease characterized by dry, thickened, scaly skin.
   鳞癣，干皮病一种先天的，经常是遗传性的皮肤病，表现为皮肤干燥、变厚并出现鳞状屑片

con.gen.i.tal

adj.（形容词）

Existing at or before birth.
天生的：出生前或出生时已存在的
Acquired at birth or during uterine development, as a result of either hereditary or environmental influences.See Synonyms at innate
先天的：由于遗传或环境影响在出生或出生前就获得的参见 innate
Being an essential characteristic as if by nature; inherent:
似乎是与生俱来的本质特征；固有的：
例句：
.the congenital American optimism that denies conflicts and imagines all stories having happy endings.(Robert J. Samuelson)
.天生的美国式的乐观主义拒绝冲突或认为所有事情都有好结局.(罗伯特J.塞缪尔森)

来源：
From Latin congenitus
源自 拉丁语 congenitus
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，.和.]
genitus [born] [past participle of] gignere [to bear] * see gen…-
genitus [出生] [] gignere的过去分词 [具有] *参见 gen…-

【引伸】
congen.itally
adv.（副词）