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- not comparableSynonym 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)
Also patients III-4 and III-5 had persistence of deciduous teeth (premolars), while III-4 had two connatal teeth in the lower jaw.
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, →DOISynonyms: congenital
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym 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)
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connatal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/connatal
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