Congenital disorders are present at or shortly after birth and are typically present throughout life until death. Some congenital abnormalities (such as a heart defect) are treatable or repaired in infancy or young childhood.
Acquired disorders develop during a person's lifetime, anytime from birth to old age. Almost every adult by old age has at least one acquired disorder and most adults develop more than one disorder.
passed on from father/mother to child
Which of the following terms does NOT describe a form of a fat?Cholesterol
Holistic
Conditions that are present at birth. Conditions that can be hereditary or genetic.
prototype
Lawmakers
The number one can be used to describe a certain event.
Personality Disorders
hauora
In medical terms, acquired is the opposite of congenital; it means a condition that you weren't born with.
In medical terms, "formosis" refers to the abnormal formation or development of tissues or organs. It is often used to describe conditions where there is an atypical or defective morphogenesis, leading to structural anomalies. The term can apply to various aspects of development, including physical abnormalities in congenital conditions.
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