congenital Definition

congenital
adj

1. Said of a disease, defect or deformity: present at or before birth, and either inherited, or caused by injury, infection or the presence of certain drugs or chemicals in the mother's body during pregnancy.

Thesaurus: inborn, inherited, hereditary, natural, inherent, innate; Antonym: acquired, learned.
2. Complete, as if from birth.

Example: a congenital idiot

Derivative: congenitally
adverb

Etymology: 18c: from Latin congenitus, from con- with + gignere to give birth to.