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What are congenital diseases ? Give one example.


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Disease:

  1. A physiological state of the body that occurs due to uneasiness or discomfort that prevents daily activities in humans.

Congenital disease:

  1. It is a type of disease that is acquired during the birth of a baby and occurs throughout its lifetime.
  2. Any family members having a disease in the chromosome will get transferred along to the next generations.
  3. For example, A hole in heart of an infant is caused due to some genetic abnormalities or malfunctioning organ.

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